Here’s my worry: I’m a contractor, pretty much the least protected class of workers (well, maybe second-to after those workers who can’t legally work), and my family lives and eats and is housed as a result of my work. We can be fired or simply “not called” for any reason or no reason, and I need to put food on the table. How does one su…
Here’s my worry: I’m a contractor, pretty much the least protected class of workers (well, maybe second-to after those workers who can’t legally work), and my family lives and eats and is housed as a result of my work. We can be fired or simply “not called” for any reason or no reason, and I need to put food on the table. How does one survive with the inevitable unemployment that follows union stirrings?
Due to hostile US labor law contractors cannot legally unionize. So you would not be part of any direct union campaign. But you can always become involved in the labor movement itself.
Here’s my worry: I’m a contractor, pretty much the least protected class of workers (well, maybe second-to after those workers who can’t legally work), and my family lives and eats and is housed as a result of my work. We can be fired or simply “not called” for any reason or no reason, and I need to put food on the table. How does one survive with the inevitable unemployment that follows union stirrings?
Due to hostile US labor law contractors cannot legally unionize. So you would not be part of any direct union campaign. But you can always become involved in the labor movement itself.