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Document Notes
Just overall quotes and stories by young workers that are not only fighting, joining unions, etc. but also trying to elevate unions and push them to be more.
Highlights
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quote Vince Quiles, a North Philly native who attempted to unionize his Home Depot:
So I’m twenty-seven, I graduated [high school] in 2013, off of the heels of the last major recession, the rise of the gig economy, and the exploitation of the education system by private colleges and student debt collectors. Statistically our generation — you know, millennials, Gen Z — we walked up into an economy where we were shafted, right?
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Cruz Borrazás persisted: “It seemed like it’s worth the risk because if we win the benefit will be worth it. Honestly, I felt like this was the only way out — joining a union seems like basically the only ticket for people like me to join the middle class.”
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Edwards explains that they knew “people get fired doing this. But if I were to not do it for that reason, it wouldn’t sit right with me. To be honest, I wouldn’t feel like I was actually a legitimate socialist if I were to back down because of that.”
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“It’s up to us as workers to challenge the status quo, including within our unions,”