this is so funny this literally sounds like a right-wing paper from 1860s france
This is really fucking funny, and op is right about how it sounds. But I felt a strong need when moving to reblog this to say something about the situation-- not aimed at op who just dunked on clickbait propaganda, but just as something to keep in mind the more this kind of thing gets said by news outlets. This is way more public than I usually comment on posts (I like posting in the tags) but it felt a bit important.
My store successfully managed to both get the unionization vote underway and win the vote with only one ‘no’ to speak of, and the people who worked the hardest and put the most sweat and tears into making that possible were not college-educated. The people who went out of their way for several months now to provide information to combat the slew of lies and fearmongering that corporate directed at my coworkers were people whose formal education ended at high school and who came from all different walks of life.
The (returning) CEO of the company put out a statement in an hour long video we were forced to watch right after our votes were read where he chalked the unionization efforts up to “outside influences” who take advantage of the ignorance of the other employees to push an agenda, and listening to that made my blood boil for so many reasons.
But what I want more than anything else to say to H.S and all the people pushing this narrative is that the people who are unionizing have been there-- in the trenches-- for years, and they aren’t stupid or easily manipulated by sneaky college students. They’re single mothers who have been with the company for 15 years; they’re people who’ve been previously-homeless, putting in extra effort to foster an environment of love and respect among coworkers; they’re people from other parts of the restaurant industry who’re using their spare time to learn sign language to better communicate with others; they’re 17 year olds who can see that the way things are are so far from the way they should be.
I’m a college-educated worker who took a job because I had no options, but when I said we should join the tide of stores unionizing the work had already been done and they’d just been waiting to see if I was a person they could trust. I have so much love and respect for the people who will never get the credit they deserve, and that’s why I felt like I wanted to speak. The incredible strides being made in this country right now in terms of unions are being made on the backs of people being called “uneducated” and “unskilled”.
