“It's just a matter of time before [companies] figure out how to take it another step and make every worker an independent contractor. If laws stand in their way they can change the laws. We need to have the power to do the same, and that's why I'm a member of the NWU and why I support unions. Unions are workers’ only hope of having any say in how the laws that will impact our lives are written.”
— NWU VP David Hill, interviewed by @ginnyhogan

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ginnyhogan/2023/05/04/unionizing-freelancers-what-recent-progress-means-for-the-self-employed/

#labor #union #workerPower

Still celebrating the #FreelanceIsntFree win in Ohio last week! This union is proud of members’ role in Columbus workers’ achievement, a big step forward for the independently and irregularly employed.
https://peoplesworld.org/article/freelance-workers-win-new-wage-protections-in-columbus-ohio/

Join us — https://nwu.org/join-now/ — and help light this fire in your part of the country.

#FreelanceIsntFree #freelance #labor #workerPower

So we’ve been a little distracted this week.

May Day 2023, a new U.S. Freelance Isn’t Free victory! Freelance workers making voices heard in Columbus OH and scoring big.
https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/05/02/columbus-ohio-freelance-worker-pay-protections

Congrats to Columbus NWU members and the whole coalition. Let’s make them proud and keep Freelance Isn’t Free rolling across the country.

Up now: Illinois!

#FreelanceIsntFree #freelance #labor #workerPower

UMich grad students are incredibly low paid and on #strike for living wages

The school is withholding pay, so please consider donating to this strike fund if you can: https://givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund

#solidarity #solidarityforever #WorkerPower

@ahappydeath Nice, congratulations and welcome, CWA-bretheren! #AWU-CWA #WorkerPower #UnionStrong

It’s official because it’s on the NLRB site. Two months of work, losing my job, and losing my sanity was worth it because I can call myself a labor organizer now. #labor #union #WorkerPower

https://www.nlrb.gov/case/02-RC-308192

so i've just finished listening to book 2 of #PierceBrown's #RedRising series, Golden Son. i remarked a week or two ago that i was starting the first book, Red Rising, because it smelled communist, and folks, i was not far off.

this is a story about #WorkerPower, about #ClassWar, about overthrowing and beheading the oppressor class.

it leans a little far into Dead Wife (and other miscellaneous cis/het tomfoolery) stuff sometimes, and a little far into Oppressors Are Humans Too stuff sometimes, but is KILOMETERS, ASTRONOMICAL UNITS even, ahead of the milquetoast liberal anti-oppression narratives that have been so popular this past decade or two.

if you like #socialism and/or #ScienceFiction, if you crave a story with a genuine understanding of oppression, this is one for you.

major, major CWs for oppression, death, war, enslavement, all manner of trauma. this is not a light story by any stretch. but it is very good.

i've already checked out the third book, Rising Star, from the library, although i don't know if i'll start it today or if i'll let Golden Son percolate a little bit first.

#Solidarity with the striking University of California workers

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-14/university-of-california-strike-academic-workers-graduate-students

#UCStrike #WorkersRights #Unions #Labor #WorkerPower #LivingWage #UAWStike

#Solidarity with the striking University of California workers m

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-14/university-of-california-strike-academic-workers-graduate-students

#UCStrike #WorkersRights #Unions #Labor #WorkerPower #LivingWage