We're in the middle of our year-end fundraiser, but we'd also like to ask you to give to one of our own.

Nate is a dedicated labor organizer and very active within EWOC. He's also battling cancer, which means he's not able to work. Please contribute:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-nate-with-his-cancer-battle

We’re increasing our resources, bringing on more staff and volunteers, and offering more training to make sure that ANY worker, ANYWHERE, in ANY industry can get the support they need to organize with their coworkers and win what they deserve.

Support us:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ewoceoy22

Want to help us get these numbers even higher in 2023? Support our work!
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ewoceoy22

Wow, #SpotifyWrapped really got our number(s).

EWOC has been on the ground across the country, supporting and training non-union workers to gain the skills and confidence to organize their workplaces and fight back against the bosses.

Please support our work for #GivingTuesday:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ewoceoy22

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The Plastic Worker Organizing Committee, a project of @ueunion from 1989–1993, organized in the factory, regionally, and nationally to help workers build the class consciousness they needed to carry forward their industry-wide pre-majority organizing.
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/case-studies/pwoc/

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United Campus Workers has spread in recent years. It's a “wall-to-wall” union, open to workers in all categories at public higher-ed institutions, and has organized thousands of them at about 60 locations, making it a successful “pre-majority” union.
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/case-studies/united-campus-workers/

The CAAMWU union at an African-American–majority workplace won an eight-month petition campaign for a paid day off for MLK Day in 1990. Today, at several hundred workers, it's likely the most successful private-sector pre-majority union in recent history.
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/case-studies/caamwu/

Any organizing strategy means workers must come together to build power, challenge their employer, and fight for workplace improvements, but a pre-majority unionism strategy has advantages and challenges over a traditional organizing route:
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/challenges-advantages/

Section 7 rights are a specific part of the National Labor Relations Act, but which workers can benefit from them? Do workers anywhere have the right to organize? We dig into these questions in this section of our report on pre-majority unionism:
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/section-7-rights/

Northwestern University trying to knock UE Union, Democratic Socialists of America, and yours truly for helping workers organize. We must be doing something right. 💪

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How is a union structured? And what does it do?

If you're fuzzy on terms like "collective bargaining," "right to work," and "organizing models," check out this explainer in our pre-majority unionism report.
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/unions/structure/

If you've ever thought "I wish my job had a union," this is for you.

Sign up for the Organizer Training Series to learn the basics of workplace organizing from the experts in four sessions over Zoom with other workers in your industry. Starts TOMORROW!
https://workerorganizing.org/training/

IT'S BACK!

If you missed our ⚡️HARDCORE⚡️ organizing shirt last month, this is your last chance to pick one up! Available while supplies last. All proceeds go to help EWOC continue to build a fighting working class. 💪
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ewocshirt

This Saturday (10/19): EWOC will be at the NYC Labor Notes Troublemakers School! Don't miss this opportunity to meet other EWOC organizers and workers organizing their workplaces and learn how to overcome challenges in organizing.

Register today: https://labornotes.org/nyc2022

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