An unorthodox, irreverent, and battle-tested strategy for workers to leverage the power we already have We know how our workplaces should be, but they're changing for the worse. We know how we want the world to be too, but billionaires are doing their best to make things fall apart. In Unions of Our Own, veteran labor organizer and co-founder of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union Daniel Gross provides a radical, step-by-step framework for workers who want to fight for the better workplaces they've always envisioned-and dream of bigger changes, too. In a world teeming with union-busters and bad…mehr
An unorthodox, irreverent, and battle-tested strategy for workers to leverage the power we already have We know how our workplaces should be, but they're changing for the worse. We know how we want the world to be too, but billionaires are doing their best to make things fall apart. In Unions of Our Own, veteran labor organizer and co-founder of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union Daniel Gross provides a radical, step-by-step framework for workers who want to fight for the better workplaces they've always envisioned-and dream of bigger changes, too. In a world teeming with union-busters and bad bosses, Daniel Gross reveals the eight building blocks needed to build a sustainable labor union that can actually stand up for workers' needs. Through practical tools and real-world examples, Unions of Our Own is an actionable, inspiring, and confidence-boosting handbook on how to win the workplace-and the world-we all deserve.
Daniel Gross has been doing worker-led organizing and union-building for more than two decades, accompanying thousands of workers creating unions in their workplaces. Together with his co-workers, Gross helped found the groundbreaking IWW Starbucks Workers Union, which held power for over a decade at the coffee giant and helped revitalize a more inclusive labor movement. Gross has practiced labor law from a rank & file perspective and served on the board of the National Lawyers Guild and the Food Chain Workers Alliance. He is also the founding director of Brandworkers, the first worker center of immigrant workers in the metro New York local food manufacturing industry. With Staughton Lynd, he is the co-author of the classic Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law as well as the graphic pamphlet, Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks, with illustrator Tom Keough. He is based in New York City.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Establishing a connection with the reader, via the miseries of work - lays out the general framework. Includes some of Daniel's experience at Starbucks and Borders Part 1 Considering the Union Journey Work Problems, Work Solutions Work is daunting, don't be daunted by organizing. It can be done! Organizing and Operating a Union at Your Job General overview of what's involved with a union & contrasting to mainstream union models Part 2 The Foundational Building Blocks to a Union of Your Own Building Block 1: Constituency Choose Your People Pretty self-explanatory: who is it that you're organizing? Building Block 2: Problem What's Most Painful? Grievances, shared and particular: race, gender, sexualities, status, etc. and how to build on them. Building Block 3: Solution Solve Problems with Solidarity The importance of "an injury to one is an injury to all" how to tackle those questions among co-workers, minority organizing strategies Building Block 4: Strategy Power to Win Becoming coworkers with a sense of collective self; what are our goals, what does winning mean, and identifying strategies Part 3 The Sustainability and Growth Building Blocks Building Block 5: Mechanism Hold Your Gains, Define Your Character How to understand collective bargaining, cease-fire agreements, and issue-by-issue agreements, among others. Contrasting the cost / benefits of those for workers' interests Building Block 6: Structure A Union You Control What a democratic union is, why it's important, and how to conceive of a structure that reflects the interests of the workers. Building Block 7: Funding Resources to Win How to conceive of the finances for your new union Building Block 8: Metrics Measure Your Model, Focus Your Work
Introduction Establishing a connection with the reader, via the miseries of work - lays out the general framework. Includes some of Daniel's experience at Starbucks and Borders Part 1 Considering the Union Journey Work Problems, Work Solutions Work is daunting, don't be daunted by organizing. It can be done! Organizing and Operating a Union at Your Job General overview of what's involved with a union & contrasting to mainstream union models Part 2 The Foundational Building Blocks to a Union of Your Own Building Block 1: Constituency Choose Your People Pretty self-explanatory: who is it that you're organizing? Building Block 2: Problem What's Most Painful? Grievances, shared and particular: race, gender, sexualities, status, etc. and how to build on them. Building Block 3: Solution Solve Problems with Solidarity The importance of "an injury to one is an injury to all" how to tackle those questions among co-workers, minority organizing strategies Building Block 4: Strategy Power to Win Becoming coworkers with a sense of collective self; what are our goals, what does winning mean, and identifying strategies Part 3 The Sustainability and Growth Building Blocks Building Block 5: Mechanism Hold Your Gains, Define Your Character How to understand collective bargaining, cease-fire agreements, and issue-by-issue agreements, among others. Contrasting the cost / benefits of those for workers' interests Building Block 6: Structure A Union You Control What a democratic union is, why it's important, and how to conceive of a structure that reflects the interests of the workers. Building Block 7: Funding Resources to Win How to conceive of the finances for your new union Building Block 8: Metrics Measure Your Model, Focus Your Work
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