I’ve been a union organizer since 2021. I was the lead organizer for my union. I’ve confronted bosses, stood up to billionaires, organized strikes, planned workplace actions, faced retaliation, and helped grow class consciousness within the working class. We won union recognition in March 2024, and I was illegally fired in December 2024. The case to get my job back is still ongoing. I have stories, knowledge, strategy, and more, so ask me anything!
how did news of your union spread/how’d you reach so many people to join?
what has your union been doing to support you since you were fired?
There’s a lot of stuff involved with this one actually. Our union effort formed out of a lawsuit that made national news. We primarily reached people through 1:1 conversation, but we were also openly organizing on the company slack.
They’ve been financially supporting me, actually. My union (CWA) has a special fund through the strike fund called Hero Pay, in which they provide $500/wk to people that were fired for organizing. They also continue to let me participate in the union, I was elected to a committee position in the local last year and my former workplace continues to let me contribute however I can.