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> Teacher strikes and unionization efforts have been winning Citations needed

LapsangGuzzler 3y ago
Among the urban working class in cities like Chicago, union interest has been rising rapidly across a variety of sectors. Retail, education, warehouse labor, museums are all seeing increases in union activity. The mayor-elect is a former union organizer. Chicago is certainly one of the more pro-labor cities in the US, but they’re not the only ones seeing growing interest in organized labor. The Democratic Socialists of America membership grew from 6,000 to 90,000 in less than 10 years. https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/11/23720181/chicago-deputy-mayor-education-teachers-union-chief-of-staff-jen-johnson?_amp=true https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/11/23720181/chicago-dep... https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-another-chicago-institution-are-forming-a-union-with-afscme https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-another-chicago-insti... https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2023/5/8/23715750/rei-outdoors-retailer-staff-union https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2023/5/8/23715750/rei-... https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/12/23720406/chicago-public-schools-principals-union?_amp=true https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/12/23720406/chicago-pub...
- whitemary 3y ago
  The question was not about unionization, but the accomplishments of said unions, which remain to be seen. Unions that lack the strength to strike are a net negative. The mayor elect didn't even support Bernie Sanders lol. DSA membership has been nosediving for the past 2 years because DSA is effectively an appendage of the Democratic Party.
notho 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Oklahoma_teachers%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Oklahoma_teachers%27_st... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%... If you like some real numbers; <600 elected Federal officials, only 1 million LEO from federal to local, and very few billionaires and mega millionaires. All propped up by labor of tens of millions. Let Jamie Dimon go door to door for those mortgages. 10k NYC cops threatened to strike over vaccine mandates; only 34 did. Let them see police work for pay not fealty.
- Paul-Craft 3y ago
  FYI, you appear to be shadowbanned for no good reason that I can discern.

Among the urban working class in cities like Chicago, union interest has been rising rapidly across a variety of sectors. Retail, education, warehouse labor, museums are all seeing increases in union activity. The mayor-elect is a former union organizer. Chicago is certainly one of the more pro-labor cities in the US, but they’re not the only ones seeing growing interest in organized labor. The Democratic Socialists of America membership grew from 6,000 to 90,000 in less than 10 years. https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/11/23720181/chicago-deputy-mayor-education-teachers-union-chief-of-staff-jen-johnson?_amp=true https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/11/23720181/chicago-dep... https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-another-chicago-institution-are-forming-a-union-with-afscme https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-another-chicago-insti... https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2023/5/8/23715750/rei-outdoors-retailer-staff-union https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2023/5/8/23715750/rei-... https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/12/23720406/chicago-public-schools-principals-union?_amp=true https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/12/23720406/chicago-pub...

whitemary 3y ago
The question was not about unionization, but the accomplishments of said unions, which remain to be seen. Unions that lack the strength to strike are a net negative. The mayor elect didn't even support Bernie Sanders lol. DSA membership has been nosediving for the past 2 years because DSA is effectively an appendage of the Democratic Party.

notho 3y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Oklahoma_teachers%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Oklahoma_teachers%27_st... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%27_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_West_Virginia_teachers%... If you like some real numbers; <600 elected Federal officials, only 1 million LEO from federal to local, and very few billionaires and mega millionaires. All propped up by labor of tens of millions. Let Jamie Dimon go door to door for those mortgages. 10k NYC cops threatened to strike over vaccine mandates; only 34 did. Let them see police work for pay not fealty.

Paul-Craft 3y ago
FYI, you appear to be shadowbanned for no good reason that I can discern.