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When discussing amongst yourselves, Don’t be shy in calling democrats or republicans “Fascists” when organizing. The US invasion of Haitian in 1915 and every single other foreign intervention has proven time and time and tim… more

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Stakeholders should get bigger dividends over shareholders imo. But short of illegal actions such as eco terrorism, or being elected sheriff or mayor, what other actions can one person do to control t… more

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Pay band transparency has long been one of the demands I hoped an ad union would fight for. Good to see NY is making those moves. A union could help universalize this!

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Happy Labor Day everyone! Your corporate-mandated, deescalatory pizza party begins now. You will not be paid for this time.

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Quiet bowl! Even with these waves of layoffs and AI being introduced? Anyone else here?

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Roe V Wade just got overturned, what are we going to do about it?

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To what extent to platforms facilitate union formation? To what extent do they discourage it? You'd think websites like glassdoor, linkedin, and this one would all be in an incredibly powerful position … more

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Humane hours would be nice. Also some parameters for weekend work. It either doesn’t happen or we are paid handsomely for it?

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Just found this bowl. What are we doing? Are we going to start a union or what? All I see in here are posts about other places unionizing....

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Question for our bowl:
Anyone ever hear of National Writers Union (for authors journalists, and business & tech writers) or other similar unions? Is there a counterpart for art directors, like the Artists Unio… more

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Who wants to know how under paid they are?

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"bUt HuMaN nAtUrE"

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In light of a post I put in the main feed, I believe an industry standard should be that employees get equity in their agencies. A union could win this.

What other benefits wld you like to fight for

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"We already have it so good... well, yeah, I work weekends. And nights. Especially on pitches. But that's just how this industry is!"

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Rumors that an NYC-based PR company may be in the midst of organizing. They'd be the first in our industry, but still no advertising agencies yet!

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Climate strike tomorrow to any who can join. It won't be as big as the one last week, but it's still an opportunity to push agenda items like a shortened workweek for productive degrowth.

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Reminder that if you sell your labor to live, you're part of the working class. The "middle class" was invented (by people like us) to target subjective differences in lifestyle based on… more

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Has anyone seen that Patriot Act episode (the Netflix show with Hassan Minaj) where they talk about the video game industry? It sounds very much like advertising and they’re finally unionizing.

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You haven't even seen our final form!!!

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What would be in our collective bargaining agreement? Sane working hours, for sure. Harder to lay off or better severance. What else?

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One of the major challenges I've encountered in starting a union in my workplace is that people who are woke enough to know we need one are also the ones smart enough to jump ship.

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