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drpvn t1_j5ub64a wrote

> Our main demands are a $50,000 minimum salary, diversity and inclusion language written into our contract . . .

What language specifically?

Maybe they want to address the problem of the disproportionately low percentages of men who work in publishing?

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drpvn t1_j5upszb wrote

Are management in the union?

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TheMightyRasputin t1_j5urijt wrote

Not at HC

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djdjddhdhdh t1_j5us2lh wrote

Not anywhere, that’s pretty much completely against the purpose of the union

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Old-Month4333 t1_j5vbizo wrote

This definitely happens in other countries. The French have the French Confederation of Management

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bairbs t1_j5vk19s wrote

I think they mean managers are in a different union than the workers. Do the French put both in the same union?

An example would be how teachers have a teachers union and principals have their own

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djdjddhdhdh t1_j5w9b13 wrote

Ye precisely, managers need to act in the interest of the company which may be (usually are) different than interest of the worker

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phillythrowaway718 t1_j5uw2ki wrote

Why would I want to help?

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sanspoint_ t1_j5v2roi wrote

Solidarity is for all workers.

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phillythrowaway718 t1_j5zpx97 wrote

Blind solidarity is probably the cause of a bunch of our problems

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sanspoint_ t1_j5zw4id wrote

You have much more in common in your economic needs with the striking workers at HarperCollins than you do with their executives and board members. That's what solidarity is about. All workers deserve good, living wages and working conditions, whether they're working a desk job, operating printing presses, or "just" flipping burgers or collecting trash.

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ViolatedGhost t1_j5vc4vu wrote

No it definitely is not. Especially if youre a municipal employee.

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No___Football t1_j5w2idc wrote

municipal employees should also be unionized. workers support workers everywhere.

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ViolatedGhost t1_j5w34lk wrote

This is a prime example of how ignorant reddit is. Municipal employees are unionized in most places in the US. And those unions, depending how old, can sometimes be absolute garbage at serving its members.

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BakedBread65 t1_j5w1aew wrote

> by returning to a “union shop” system—meaning union contribution responsibilities are shared across all employees hired into union-eligible positions regardless of membership status

So forcing non-Union members to pay towards the union? Fuck that.

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phoenixmatrix t1_j5wluv7 wrote

I'm curious how many positions are union-eligible. HC is fairly large, and the amount of employees in that union are a very small percentage, but I'm not sure how many people they potentially cover.

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PM-Nice-Thoughts t1_j5y7mfv wrote

Yeah, a system like that shouldn't even be legal. Hopefully the publisher can hold out

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Guypussy t1_j5vasgv wrote

>Here’s how to help

As written by an HC employee.

Is that what Prism Reports is? A portal for disgruntled workers to publish their screeds?

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TwoCats_OneMan t1_j5vvzfv wrote

This is the worst strike ever. The signs and chanting are generic. Why wouldn't you have what you're striking for and who you're from on the signs?

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phoenixmatrix t1_j5wlo7i wrote

AFAIK the building they're striking in front of is mostly empty. It's near World Trade and most folks on that street will be tourist taking pictures of the Oculus, and the only people hearing them are probably folks living in the one residential building there.

So pissed off residents sick of listening to the generic chants, and tourists who couldn't give a shit, alongside the 6 employees who actually work from the building.

Whats the point exactly?

I'm also not 100% familiar with the context, but afaik they had a strike last summer and did have a contract. They're just no longer happy with it after 6 months. From an employer's point of view, there's no incentives to give in to the strike since they could give them what they want and then they come back in 6 months with the exact same arguments.

I think unions are a good thing (for most cases. There are exceptions), and fully support strikes, especially for professions that don't have much leverage otherwise, but this one was poorly thought up.

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