Why union organizing in fast-food restaurants is often an uphill battle [via CivilEats]
found evidence of sexual harassment, Fair Workweek violations, and retaliation against workers taking paid sick leave.
The organizer “took command” and asked for the phone numbers of trusted crew members, says the anonymous employee. “He had us talking and sharing stories, and that empowered us even more. Then he said, ‘Why don’t we have a protest?’”A Protest and Its Aftermath By the time of a strike, organizers have also “inoculated” employees by counseling them on how management is likely to respond and trying to blunt the impact to give them the confidence to move forward with their protest. “At the end of the day, people have to take risks and they’re really, really meaningful,” Han says. “Even getting your hours cut is a really scary situation.”
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