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Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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The only way this works is if people join. I’ve worked in quite a few right-to-work states. There is a lot of poverty and there is always someone willing to work more for less money. That is also true in the north, but unions already have a foothold here. Republicans also have convinced a lot of people down there that unions are just trying to steal your money.
Edit: Just to clarify, while I don’t do that type of work anymore, I’ve been a member of the IBC for over 20 years.
This is why outreach is so important. It takes one on one conversations to change peoples view of the situation.
Some of the best tactics I have seen lately is foregoing standard tabling and throwing community barbecues. Brought out more people and their families to a situation they weren't transitioning between, it left alot more space for good conversations. Obviously that can't happen every week, but it is a great strategy to increase union drive engagement.
Lotta people don't realize that there's no silver medal in the race to the bottom. There's always someone who is more desperate than you to be exploited.
Right. And companies have mastered the art of exploitation down there.