Getting Organized

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 …

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 …

Fremantle is a large enough player that its going union will help to raise the bar for other employers.

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 …

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 …

In such conflicts, we must make a choice:  Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them. 

The history of Local 683 is one of very active involvement by the rank and file membership.

Flyers (or websites or e-mails) don’t really organize anybody. The actual act of organizing, is a face-to-face thing.

each of these groups was struggling with a profound but similar problem––the way technology was changing the jobs of their membership. The solution for many of them was the same: …

While this fight has proven difficult and remains incomplete, there are encouraging lessons to take away from this job action as well.