Thread by @RickSmithShow

Billie Nyx: This is my first time attending Netroots Nation; it's really cool being here with like-minded people tuned into the same issues. It's nice to have fresh perspectives.
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Billie Nyx: I didn't know anything abt union organizing till I got started. I learned from other union leaders in New Orleans & from Starbucks Workers United. Anyone can get interested in organizing; you just have to have these conversations with your coworkers.
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Billie Nyx: Even without a union, you have certain rights like strikes & bringing issues to management.
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Billie Nyx: The Starbucks manager was not kidnapped; the workers didn't even try to keep her from leaving. Starbucks is going off the rails with their union-busting tactics. Every day it gets worse.
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Billie Nyx: I didn't know until a few weeks ago that there was a campaign for Starbucks workers to organize back in the 70's & Howard Schultz shut it down.
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Billie Nyx: We're up to 220 union wins at Starbucks. Starbucks says the NLRB is rigging the elections.
Rick: How?
Billie: I don't know! If anyone, Starbucks is messing w/ the elections by hiring anti-union people to put on the ballots.
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Billie Nyx: Chipotle & Trader Joe's are unionizing, I think b/c of Starbucks & Amazon workers taking on these big organizations. It's giving other people the incentive to organize.
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Billie Nyx: If you know of a Starbucks store in your area that's union or is organizing, go to them. Here's a tracker that lists which stores are unionizing:
perfectunion.us/map-where-are-…
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