Here’s Why It Matters for Workers, and Working Parents
Unions Help Families Thrive
What we do know is that unions are good for working families, as unionizing means higher wages, smaller gender and racial wage gaps, and a non-company-controlled system to register grievances and bargain collectively. “We chose not to go down the path of an NLRB election for the reasons that were validated in the Bessemer union election,” Randy Korgan, who is leading the effort for the Teamsters, told Vice. “At the same time, the Bessemer workers’ message was heard by millions of workers in their position who realized, ‘Oh there’s something I can do about this.’ The list is very long in how workers can seek justice on the job. The NLRB is not the only way.” Teamsters leadership will vote tomorrow on whether to adopt the resolution and begin what will be a long struggle that, if successful, could change the lives of workers around the country.
