Call it the Great Reset. Across the US, labor unions are winning surprisingly large contract settlements as workers have reset their expectations to demand considerably more than they did just a few years ago, and that has in turn pressured many corporations to reset – and increase – the pay packages they are giving in union contracts.
  • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Ya know, if we can do gofundme things for healthcare … why not do it for a strike fund? Why isn’t that more common? If we want to give power back the people, why not support them if they have to strike?

      • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        I would hope, but many seem to have trouble doing it. For example, the Fresno Unified teacher’s union in California doesn’t show anything about a strike fund. Instead, they’re offering zero interest loans to teachers on the picket lines.

        Imagine the message it would send to the board if the community rose up and funded their teachers while they were on strike!

        • huginn@feddit.it
          1·
          1 year ago

          Interesting: I know the writer’s strike had a strike fund that helped sustain writers.

          It’s not enough on its own but afaik most unions do have some amount set up for a strike fund