Author: Olivia
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My union has been infiltrated
I work at an ingredients manufacturing plant operating the machines. We have a union, but it is not in the employees control at all. The union leaders get corporate positions at the end of their terms and we continue to lose all our benefits contract after contract. This job used to be the cream of the crop that everyone in my town aspired to have, but it's slowly turning into another wage slave job. Last contract we lost sick days and it was replaced by a point system, all our bonuses are just raffles for trips that the same 4 people have won every year or a 50 dollar gift card (before it would've been cash based on production revenue, which of course has been at an all time high for the past 5 years. ) This next contract were set to lose triple time after 55 hours worked, which…
As the title explains, due to my misguided personal experiences and an idiotic sense of “save the world” mentality from a young age, a long time ago in a galaxy far away I got into significant student loan debt in order the join the ranks of a profession that is universally overlooked and misunderstood in America… Social Work. As SWs we were all slammed with increased stress, barriers to care, overall difficulties, and resulting burnout during COVID in dealing with all ills in society being exacerbated at all at once. And yet, I guess since we are not as warm and fuzzy as teachers and nurses, the way we as a profession stepped up was largely overlooked in the public eye. Believe me.. many of us are essential workers and unsung heroes. Hell, I dont think that many of us got raises, hazard pay or across the board better working…
