I’m a union organizer. I talk about this on lemmy a lot. Today at 3pm, I got a call from my lawyer that the NLRB had dismissed my case on the grounds that I did not post protected speech. We never made that argument. Rather, we were charging that the company discriminated against me for being a union organizer.
I am an electrical engineer in the United States who works in MEP design (mechanical, electrical, plumbing). Over the past few years I’ve had to jump jobs twice because of shit behavior from my employers. In that time I’ve also learned how common it is for these firms to hire those of us with engineering degrees at salary, with health care cost covered completely by the company, and either unlimited PTO or starting off with significant PTO. Then hire people without engineering degrees at hourly wage, limited PTO, and the typical monthly cost for health care to do the exact same job.
Nearly 300 CWA members attended Labor Notes from all across the country this year, including CWA local 7250 which endorsed and helped organize the massively successful mass strike on Jan 23 of this year!
And this afternoon, I am terminated from my employment. Open and shut retaliation. And of course the company waited until the rep is on vacation to pull this shit. Im going to drive a couple hours out to a friend’s house just to get intona better heads pace. This ongoing workplace harassment has given me anxiety all weekend and today did not help.
I think when people see something wrong and want to make a change, they’re often wondering where to begin and what to even say. This is an example of how do it: I follow these patterns when I don’t know what to say. I also gave advice and insights I’ve learned over the years at the bottom of the post.
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