Strike success! Boeing machinists successfully negotiated a 38% pay rise over four years, a $12k bonus, and increased 401(k) match by going on strike.

When workers stand together, they fight for better working conditions from a position of strength. #Unionize!

#unions #unionStrong

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/05/boeing-strike-ends/75989603007/

There's a form of externalization that happens where people argue that "#unions are good but I could never organize my workplace, my coworkers are too <x> and we would get <y> ramifications."

But that's not different from anywhere else

There are strategies for that. There is a wealth of experience.

Instead it often seems like a way to deflect responsibility.

_Those_ people should organize. Not me.

At a time when people increasingly feel disempowered and without outlook, the "mill girls of Lowell" offer an inspiring story of human triumph in face of withering conditions.

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2064-d799-cfb1-993552020832

#capitalism #unions #industrial #feminism #midjourney #history #19thcentury #NewEngland #Massachusetts
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