Second news story I’ve heard today about IWW unionization at places. Glad to hear it. Too many unions are bourgeoisie captured. While the IWW is a bit too syndicalist for my tastes, it was still the only option for me when I was looking for a union. Wish my coworkers had been more willing to unionize our shop, but labor aristocracy so often misses the forest for the trees that I’m not surprised they weren’t.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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here are their demands from their letter calling for voluntary recognition:
- A horizontal staffing structure across the organization
- Two union-elected staff voting members to the Board of Directors
- Collective hiring and separation process, including collective decision making around layoffs, reduction of hours, new hires, and furloughs
- Full commitment to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel by December 2024
- Standardized pay progression and yearly Cost-Of-Living Adjustment raises
- Expanded health, commuter, paid leave benefits for all staff
- A Curatorial Committee made up of three union-elected members in addition to the Artistic & Executive Director and the Director of Programs to approve events
- Consolidated HR administered by a third party company
- Two union-elected staff representatives in both the Finance and Strategic Plan committees of the Board of Directors, ensuring budgetary allocations to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Liberation work and the maintenance and upkeep of to the theater
will be interested to see how many of these they can win through collective bargaining