Month: July 2023

So on Wednesday of last week I threw out a few applications. Two of which went to Quest because supposedly they pay the best for biomedical lab workers in the city. I've been watching them for a while because they only ever have night positions open that otherwise I could fill easily. Well they finalypost a “we want or will actually train a cytotechnologist” position which according to the job description I could actually do as well as the for once available daytime med tech position. Get a call back from them. The guy has the fucking GULL to say I don't qualify for it, despite being familiar with requirements for the ASCP for what they're talking about, and meeting all but the “one year of work in a certified lab” requirement. Guy fucking insists that I don't meet the requirements. Well I know he's lying to my face now,…

Hey y'all, ​ I'm advocating for the members of UAW 2865, the student workers at UC. We negotiated and ratified a new contract earlier this year after about a year of deadlocked negotiations and then a 6 week strike after the UC admin committed a myriad of unfair labor practices, mostly around bad faith negotiation bargaining. We were mildly happy about the contract, not all we asked for but some important improvements to quality of life working in the university system. Not just for pay, most of us are underpaid enough to be at around 50-70% rent burden, but also issues such as bullying and harassment, protections for international workers, better health care, better transportation options, etc….still lots to improve but a relatively victorious battle. (check some of my post for highlight pics from strike earlier in year, fairUCnow.org for more info) ​ Now that it's been half a year…

Things at my workplace are very tough at the moment. I work in a residential home for young adults with autism and have done for about a year and a half now. It's not the workload itself that is the problem but my many work colleagues. It's been a year and a half and I am soon going to be one of the longest serving staff members and it's just shocking. This mass exodus of staff could have been completely avoided but upper management ran the place so poorly that the place is spiralling downwards. I'll try my best to summarise the drama at work and how it's damaging the workplace. It starts around Christmas. Two men, C and L are very good friends and have been for years. Work keeps on contacting C asking him to work additional shifts. L informs him that by law you are allowed to…

Things at my workplace are very tough at the moment. I work in a residential home for young adults with autism and have done for about a year and a half now. It's not the workload itself that is the problem but my many work colleagues. It's been a year and a half and I am soon going to be one of the longest serving staff members and it's just shocking. This mass exodus of staff could have been completely avoided but upper management ran the place so poorly that the place is spiralling downwards. I'll try my best to summarise the drama at work and how it's damaging the workplace. It starts around Christmas. Two men, C and L are very good friends and have been for years. Work keeps on contacting C asking him to work additional shifts. L informs him that by law you are allowed to…

Or worse, OSHA letting employers know in advance they’re coming or doing whatever possible to say “X position is exempt” (like teachers)

So when are we gonna actually do somthing? We always talk about it Always talk about how we will do it French are doing it Why not us? We're so available to hate and harm eachother but not the class that put us here in the first place? Sacrifice requires sacrifice. We all need to band together. Riot. Take the food and natural resources. Bunker down properties and refuse rent payments. Refuse to work Refuse to comply Refuse to crumble Refuse to obey. I dont know how to orchestrate a nation wide strike let alone a state wide strike, but fuck guys, let's get the ball rolling. We are 150% capable of this we need to stop being scared of not having any security or comfort. For along as you're comfortable, you are content. August 15th-indefinitely until demands are met. Lives will be lost Homes will be destroyed We must…

I made comment about getting groceries today because tomorrow is Independence Day and learned that the local grocery stores are open. It got me wondering.. who's off for Independence Day?? I remember Independence Day as one of those holidays that no one is open. Of all the days one would think for some type of national unity or celebration, this is the day. The day we became a country. No one should be working. Or has it just become a Tuesday with extra flags?