It's well past time we unionize
12 hours ago
- #labor rights
- #union organizing
- #tech workers
- The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA) is a union movement for tech, games, and digital industry workers in the U.S. and Canada.
- Members work across various organizations and use collective strength to improve conditions, fight unethical labor use, end discrimination, and ensure societal benefits.
- The Communications Workers of America (CWA) supports workers in tech, media, and telecom, advocating for justice and facing challenges like monopolies and repression.
- Organizing a union provides a voice on the job, aligns work with values, and offers power in society amid growing political influence of big money.
- Union members typically earn 22% higher wages and better benefits, with enhanced job security, anti-discrimination safeguards, and pension plan participation.
- The National Labor Relations Act protects the right to form unions and engage in collective action, covering ethical labor use and diversity issues.
- Labor law has limitations, but collective strength and solidarity are key protections, as historical struggles show that struggle shapes law, not vice versa.