I thought it might helpful to get a beginner’s perspective since people struggle so much with figuring out how to get started and imagining the first steps

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Awesome. How did you start getting people on board? Sometimes find my fellow workers apathetic to the very concept of unions, though I might just be boring.

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We have a lot of people who already have one foot out the door due to changes in management. Pointing out how badly they’ve handled things and letting them see that everyone else is feeling that same tension helps a lot. Material conditions and all that are right, I guess

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I started by asking coworkers I’m close with about their pay and telling them its illegal in California to tell employees not to discuss their wages.

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Based :ortega-clap:

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No question here but I’d like to thank you for your service:fidel-salute:

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How did you get so cool?

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Management fucked over the entire company on health insurance. Made me real cool real quick

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Fucking management.

I look forward to your first contract!

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What’s the turnover currently like?

Is there any predominating feeling of apathy, defeatism, and dead-ending amongst your coworkers, or feeling like they’re stuck where they are and things will never get better? If so, how do you approach this?

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