I grew up hearing almost nothing about unions. I've never had a union job & I've lived much of my life in financial precarity, afraid of losing my job at any time. Not having anyone to back you up is alienating and scary.
We need to unionize the nation.
To that end, I support:
We need to unionize the nation.
To that end, I support:
✅ Making it easier to form and join a union through measures such as a majority sign up process.
✅ Enacting “first contract” provisions so that employers cannot prevent union formation via endless stalling.
✅ Enacting “first contract” provisions so that employers cannot prevent union formation via endless stalling.
✅ Giving federal workers the right to strike, so federal workers can fight for better pay and treatment just like any other union member.
✅ Repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, so that “right to work” is eliminated.
✅ Repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, so that “right to work” is eliminated.
✅ Guaranteeing the right of all public employees to bargain collectively.
✅ Ending the ability of corporations to renege on union contracts after merging.
✅ Banning the permanent replacement of striking workers, so all workers can strike without fear of losing their jobs.
✅ Ending the ability of corporations to renege on union contracts after merging.
✅ Banning the permanent replacement of striking workers, so all workers can strike without fear of losing their jobs.
✅ Establishing federal just cause, so employees can’t be fired at will.
✅ Ending the misclassification of employees as contractors or supervisors.
✅ Eliminating the ability of employers to shirk their duties to employees via franchisee and contractor arrangements.
✅ Ending the misclassification of employees as contractors or supervisors.
✅ Eliminating the ability of employers to shirk their duties to employees via franchisee and contractor arrangements.
✅ Allowing secondary boycotts, so unions can boycott companies that engage in union-busting.
✅ Ensuring that, under Medicare for All, unions can still negotiate for wrap-around services and benefits non-duplicative of those provided by Medicare for All.
✅ Ensuring that, under Medicare for All, unions can still negotiate for wrap-around services and benefits non-duplicative of those provided by Medicare for All.
✅ Implementing the Keep Our Pension Promises Act, so the pensions of 10 million Americans cannot be cut. If we can bail out Wall Street, we can bail out workers.
✅ Banning employers from forcing employees to attend anti-union meetings.
✅ Banning employers from forcing employees to attend anti-union meetings.
✅ Guaranteeing the right of all workers to unionize, including farm, domestic, and food service workers.
Thank you to my DSA friends for educating me on labor rights, especially Jim, Andrea, Zack, and Adam & @TacomaDSA for sending me to the DSA convention this August. Singing "Solidarity Forever" there was the first time I ever *felt* what it might be like to be part of a union.
