With every passing day, workers have less of a voice at Google. The only way to reverse this trend is to unionize.

nytimes.com/2024/04/08/tec…

'Unfortunately, it seems to me that SpaceX & Starbucks would rather spend their money initiating court litigation rather than improving their workers’ lives.' NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo with the mic drop. 👏 theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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~600 unionized Eaze cannabis delivery drivers & depot staff across CA could go on strike next week, ahead of 420; negotiations stalled over wages & mileage reimbursement rate. drivers say they r losing $300-$700 per month after Eaze slashed rate last year latimes.com/business/story…

“It’s been unsettling to observe tech companies in the past two years pursuing mass layoffs despite record profits, I believe in part to silence a growing trend of tech workers mobilizing.”

fortune.com/2024/04/06/tec…

Things not to glamorize:

-billionaires
-'the grind'

Things to glamorize:

-one job being enough
-job benefits
-management that understands we have lives outside of work
-unions

What the company doesn’t seem to understand is that the more they mess around with us, the more fired up we get about our cause

Let's be clear: Access to groceries should never be a 'splurge.'

One job should be enough to put food on the table.

A “widely-liked boss who prefers to manage by consensus” is not exactly how we think of Sundar Pichai.

Did he achieve consensus with the 12k workers he laid off from Google in the last year?

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#OrganizeToday

Joining a union is essentially saying you’re ready to throw down for any worker, even a stranger, and you know without having to ask that they’ve made the same promise to you. Metal as hell, everyone should do it

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Ohhh, who will think of the billionaires at this crucial time!

Americans have lost over 7000% more than that in stolen wages. 🤷‍♀️

the closest Fordham has gotten to offering us a vision plan is handing out eclipse glasses

Things you can thank a union for:

-Weekends
-An 8 hour workday
-Minimum wage
-Overtime pay
-Child labor laws
-Paid vacation
-Sick leave
-Breaks at work
-Employer-based health coverage

Don’t have some of these? Maybe it’s time to form a union.

Four months ago, eight employees at a Philz Coffee in Berkeley were sent home for wearing pro-Palestine pins. Now, they’re the first Philz to unionize. The Daily Californian dailycal.org/news/city/loca…

US workers are more anxious about AI’s impact on their jobs than ever before - so let’s take that feeling and use it to build a groundswell of organizing momentum like the tech industry has never seen.

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When Marge lands a job in a high-pressure ghost kitchen, she quickly realizes that the working conditions are less than ideal. Determined to improve the situation for herself and her fellow workers, Marge decides to take action and start a union.
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