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mainstream narratives sometimes insinuate that such workers are less deserving of a union. The New York Times, reporting on the TWU in December of 2023, wrote that “teaching board games is a far cry from swinging a miner’s pick or working numbing hours on an assembly line. In fact, many of the cafe workers said they hung out at their workplaces in their off hours.”
✏️ The insulting attitude of mainstream media. Never forget to pay attention as to who owns the media, and what agendas are at play. 🔗 View Highlight
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“Early on we saw a lot of sandbagging, an unwillingness to move, an unwillingness to come to the table, and their legal representation acted a little bit like bullies. They called us ‘low-class disgusting morons’ at the first session. So we were talking to a brick wall for a while there, until we walked out at all five of our locations.” Not long after their walkout in March 2025 and a strike-authorization vote in April, TWU secured its first tentative agreement.
✏️ Just another piece of evidence as to how collective action means something. Standing up, walking out, putting a wrench in the elite’s operations, and above all else, using our greatest strength (our numbers), to bend things in our favor. 🔗 View Highlight
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Tabletop Solidarity Committee (TSC), a group of customers turned comrades who organize events to fundraise for the strike fund and inform the community of the union’s struggles.
✏️ Amazing. Not only can you have workers form unions, you can have customers form their own groups to better serve as allies and comrades in arms. I hadn’t realized this could be a viable option. 🔗 View Highlight
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We gave him a deadline to commit to these three things: financial data, the tipping situation [wherein managers were added to the tipping pool with other employees], and attendance at bargaining. When he didn’t respond, we walked out. Within ten minutes, he arrived at the store and asked what he could do to convince us to go back to work.”
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“When they roll out a new standard edition of Dungeons & Dragons, for instance, DMs have been expected to study the new campaigns, take copious amounts of notes in preparation, all without pay. We’ve won some guaranteed paid training for required RPG learning and then the option for people to request training if they want to run a new program.”
✏️ Just goes to show that you can always ask for what you need, even in an esoteric job like a DM. 🔗 View Highlight