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Fair Wages on the Map: How Union Organizing is Changing the Game

Union timidity is finally coming to an end. “Union organizers have won at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe’s, REI, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Ben & Jerry’s and Chipotle… These inspirational campaigns have not been traditional, top-down centralized union organizing campaigns. have succeeded — due to the dynamism of young (often college-educated) workers who are deeply attracted …

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Democrats fight for workers. Republicans fight for their billionaire donors exploiting workers.

Who’s fighting for American workers? You make the call.

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Ignore the hype. Check the facts to see who’s really fighting for working Americans. Who’s investing in people? Promoting shared prosperity? Pushing companies to pay their workers a fair wage? Ensuring workers’ rights to organize? Who’s letting wealthy donors exploit workers? Swipe right to get the facts. Then make your call. Who’s fighting for you? …

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Starbucks denies workers abortion benefits to bust unions

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Starbucks denies abortion benefits to workers forming unions. “In June, the company said it would reimburse abortion travel expenses for employees enrolled in its healthcare plan if there were no legal providers in the worker’s state or within a 100 mile radius. Workers at the Independence store, however, claim that it shifted and said it couldn’t “make …

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Chris Smalls organizes Amazon workers in New York

Amazon workers unionize! How to train workers to amplify demands with a common script.

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

How can the magic of great organizers be bottled to train others to explain their demands better? Messages are amplified when repeated many times by many people. This works best when supporters use the same talking points. How can busy workers working different shifts in different locations learn to explain their demands clearly and practice …

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