Getting Organized
Local Legend
The history of Local 683 is one of very active involvement by the rank and file membership. […]
Departments
Getting Organized
Taking Sides and Choosing Battles
In such conflicts, we must make a choice: Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them. […]
Getting Organized
We Are All Wisconsin
Anti-union zealots attempt to arouse jealousy and to pit one group of employees against another. It’s a distraction from the fact that we’re all in the same boat…and that boat is sinking. […]
Getting Organized
You Never Call!
Keeping the Guild in the dark about whom they employ and otherwise thwarting communication amongst their employees are some of the more effective ways a non-union employer can prevent its employees from organizing. […]
Getting Organized
A Foothold in Reality
Fremantle is a large enough player that its going union will help to raise the bar for other employers. […]
Getting Organized
In the Edit Suite or the Batter’s Box, Bosses Are Not Benefactors
A pool of individuals of extraordinary talents that had generated great wealth for their employers had come to feel indebted and indentured to the very organizations for which they amassed extravagant profits. […]
Getting Organized
The Organizer’s Tale: Heroism on a Small Scale
The organizer’s tale goes like this: Several individuals come to the realization that they deserve better than what those in charge want to give them; they find the courage to stand up for themselves; they develop the compassion to stand up for each other; they find power in solidarity; after a fight, they win. […]
Getting Organized
The Broad Shoulders of the ‘Swamp People’ Post Crew
‘Swamp People’s’ post crew has taught us something new about the leverage we have in post. […]
Getting Organized
Working for the Weekend: Labor Day and the Struggle for Leisure
If you are working a union job and have Labor Day off, you should recognize that you owe your leisure to a long tradition of solidarity. […]
Getting Organized
Top-Down Organizing: The Pre-emptive Strike
More and more, employers in this sector of the industry are coming to the table of their own accord, before being pushed there by their employees.
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