UNIONIZATION
SITUATION;
Young people are enthusiastic about unions;
New Union movement is being driven by young workers;
Older Unions do not seem to recognize drive by younger workers;
Meantime, Apple, Amazon, & Starbucks are going Union;
SOLUTIONS:
What is driving this movement?
- Kids in college over Unaffordable rents & student debt
- Followers of Bernie Saunders
- Success of Other movements like Black Lives Matter, MeToo, & negotiated arrangemeents
STATS:
74% of workers said they would go Union;
75 out of 84 elections went for the Union
SOURCE
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-05-23/starbucks-amazon-apple-union-campaigns-history –
” A new generation is reviving unions. The old guard could help”