Solidarity unionism lineage, highest respect

Fletcher and Local 8's interweaving of class struggle and Black liberation was very on point and would not be out of place in today's cutting edge thinking on the topic in places like @hammerandhope.bsky.social

It can be scary, it can be hard

But it rarely fails to be rewarding to deepen a relationship with a coworker and facilitate their entrance into unionism

Unions are responding to the Chavez revelations in the same way they did seven years ago. So far, all we have seen are statements expressing shock and sadness, and support for survivors. Those are little more than the hollow ​“thoughts and prayers” politicians send in times of man-made crises. The steps that unions have taken since #MeToo have done little, if anything, to dismantle the systems that enable sexual harassment to exist within the house of labor, and they have done even less to support survivors who were betrayed by their unions.

We need a different labor movement

We need a full reckoning

inthesetimes.com/article/cesa... by @ana-exaflcio.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

There's no such thing as an unorganizable industry. Only ones where workers are still figuring out a model that works.

Solidarity with these courageous workers.

We are thrilled to share we have come on board as a launch partner for Unions of Our Own by SUN member and staffer @dgorganize.bsky.social— out April 28 from @haymarketbooks.org

We'll be helping on companion trainings and materials as well as offering 1-on-1 support for readers with issues at work

All solidarity and strength to the workers and students of Iran

No war crimes, no genocide! Down with Trump and the rest of the oligarchs #NoWarCrimesInIran

Sorry, we wish it were different but your next job, over time, is not going to be better than your current one. Because capitalism.

Don't quit, organize

we haven’t launched publicly, but we’ve been building under the radar since 2022. Our first campaigns go public next year, they are worker-led-and-operated, prioritize direct action, and aim for fundamental change. Those are our hallmarks, we are happy to connect with anyone who resonates with that.

so SUN is folks just like me, a rank and file worker, and it always will be. As our work has grown, we’ve decided to field a staff, starting with your comrade @dgorganize.bsky.social who helped convene SUN.

SUN came together during the pandemic, when workers in different industries interested in unions that prioritized worker control alongside racial and gender justice, found each other and started doing joint trainings. That work evolved into SUN.

for now, the most important thing is that sununion.org provides a form for workers who need support to reach out and talk to someone at SUN within 24 hours. From there, workers connect to trainings, tools, and mutual learning spaces to build a sustainable union. And it's working.

hey dave, i’m jeff. I’m on the digital/comms team at SUN and am building a SUN union at my place of work.

we at SUN made a decision on day one to favor coworker to coworker organizing, so the web stuff hasn’t been the number one priority. we’ll make it better soon, but it'll never be the fanciest.

SUN stands in solidarity with the survivors of Cesar Chavez’s sexual abuse. Abuse like this requires the actions of the predator but also surrounding institutions and structures. We must strive for a labor movement in which abuse of any kind is not tolerated and that requires a full reckoning.

“The movement — that’s the hero” -Esmeralda Lopez

Make it viral, online and off #NationalFarmWorkersDay

We believe deeply in global solidarity, not just as a slogan, but as a concrete strategy for building unions and union coalitions

Dreaming of a union and working to make that very first connection with another coworker?

We see you. We love you. You're not alone, you got this.

Salute on International Working Women’s Day!

All solidarity to the woman worker around the world - especially trans women - in the store, home, factory, hospital, street corner, online, school, field, office and everywhere

For unions against patriarchy! 💜🚩🏴🧡 #8M

We need a unionism that considers societal safety a core issue alongside wages and benefits.

SUN stands with Anthropic workers driving AI protections from the bottom-up for individuals and communities the world over.

We stand ready for solidarity or mutual aid requests from any workers standing up for safety from within their companies.

We're thrilled to report out a big milestone: the inaugural SUN General Assembly will take place in California on the weekend of Feb 21 - 22

SUN started as a joint training space, evolved into a community of union builders, and now is an organization of emerging worker led-and-operation unions 🧡

Screenshot gold and black digital flyer. Fuera ICE De Minnesota Un Día de Verdad y Libertad No Trabajo. No Escuela. No Compras. March En el Centro De Minneapolis - 2:00pm 23 De Enero ICE Out of Minnesota A Day of Truth & Freedom No Work. No School. No Shopping. March Downtwon Minneapolis at 2:00pm January 23

SUN is in full support of the city-wide stoppage in Minneapolis on Friday and will have members participating in solidarity from out of state.

We honor the lineage of this action including the Great American Boycott of 2006 and the movements in solidarity with Philando Castile and George Floyd.

No one has the collective wisdom and power that coworkers do to build unions that win and sustain.

As committed practitioners of designing and testing our own union models, we'll thrilled for workers to be able to connect with these tools.

screenshot of "Our Demands" Pay Baseline Hourly Wage Increase for Everyone - A LIVING WAGE Holiday and Busy Season Pay, Including Jewish Holidays Overtime Pay if Working More Than Five Days In a Row Hourly Wage Increases When Short-Staff or Sent to Another Store Automatic Raises After a Set Period of Time - No Raise Discrimination Premium Pay for Night and Overnight Workers Safety Replace or Repair Broken Equipment in Timely Manner Weather and Temperature Appropriate Uniforms for Outdoor Workers Respect Guaranteed Hours Every Week Shift Schedule Released More than 3 Days Before Start of Work Week Free Meal During Work Day Halt Use of Bakery Profit to Materially Support the Israeli Occupation

Circular union logo in black, green, red, and white. Internal is a broken in half babka within a gear...outer rim reads Breaking Breads Unions

We stand in proud solidarity with the Breaking Breads Union in NYC. SUN endorses their demands including a premium for baking overnight, safe equipment and ending material support for the Israeli occupation

They enter the great tradition of workers who have used their organized power against empire

We honor Renee's memory and commemorate her courageous service to the working class.

The most powerful response to fascist violence has always been the might of organized workers committed to freedom.

Let us redouble our efforts to build unions fit for the task...and stay active on the streets!

As a poet and a mom murdered in defense of the immigrant workers who were her neighbors, Renee Good joins the long list of labor's martyrs.

States are violent and working people have been among their chief victims, especially Black and Brown workers as well as the most underpaid white workers.

Remember when they called us stuck in the past when we talked about colonialism?

Anti-imperialist unions now

It's not just a nice-to-have or a good moral thing to do. It's essential to our mutual liberation

We’re happy to have had already planned for today a strategy formulation training. It’s on developing worker-to-worker, transnational campaigns against imperialism.

It is beyond clear that we need anti-imperialist unions and global coworker solidarity as much as ever.

A new gym membership is great and all but nothing beats starting off the year with a union campaign

Get in touch and we’ll do it together ❤️🎇

We can design and lead our own unions

We don't need higher-ups to answer to

We can do the same at our workplaces and in society

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