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The power to strike is no help when you depend on your paycheck to survive Well managed unions maintain a strike fund so that their members can survive the eco
by Amadou 13y ago
The power to strike is no help when you depend on your paycheck to survive
Well managed unions maintain a strike fund so that their members can survive the economic hardship of a strike.
After googling a little I think you are talking about Graduate Students United - their dues are only $5/year, which means they aren't even in the same league as the serious blue collar labor unions.
http://uchicagogsu.org/faq/ http://uchicagogsu.org/faq/
- cynicalkane 13y agoActually I was talking about the organization that represents low-paid university workers, like janitors and cafeteria workers. I reworded my post to clarify. Graduate students are a whole 'nother basket of beans.
- Amadou 13y agofarm workers have the UFW but being a farm worker remains one of the most intensely miserable jobs in the US, with constant rule-breaking by the employers, and a lot of unrepresented workers. I don't think it is fair to blame the large number of unrepresented workers on the union itself. I'm sure the UFW wants to increase their membership past the paltry ~5,000 it has.
- icelancer 13y ago>Well managed unions maintain a strike fund so that their members can survive the economic hardship of a strike. Recent grocery store workers voted to strike and the pay was going to be $100/week for picketing 15-20 hours a week. Great.