Author: Olivia

Long story short: I'm a welder for a structural steel shop. I've worked my ass off for the last 5 years. I've consistently been given more responsibility without wage increases. I did it because I was told it would pay off. Last week I got pulled into the office and offered a foreman position. I've worked side by side with 3 different foremen, seen the games my company plays, and ain't about that shit. Remember, my employer came to me for this promotion. I make $27.50 an hour and $1.50 of that is a shift differential. These mother fuckers had the audacity to try to shove me into this position with no pay increase, and started the meeting off with unsubstantiated criticism about my attitude of late (stopped working 65 hrs a week) and said I had too many issues with coworkers. I asked for examples, they had none. Btw…

I've been in a rather toxic work environment for the past three months. I just got a new job, and despite the toxicity of the old job I gave them notice. My treatment got worse so I decided to no call no show for the remainder of my notice. The owner of the franchise called and texted me multiple times at what I was doing, so I decided to text her back. I texted her: “I am no longer willing to sell my labor to Jimmy John's. There have been non-stop predatory practices and questionable decisions made by management that have made it so I am not longer willing or able to sell my time and effort. For starters, every single paycheck I have recieved has been slightly off, either the numbers don't add up or lump sums have been missing. This would be fine, if it were not also…

Store after Store right now is tipping into Unionized status! Keep pressure on! Support the workers of unionized stores, stop in and say great work! Support the workers of non-unionized stores by dropping in, telling them about all the stores that HAVE unionized, and the BENEFITS of unionization! We've got Starbucks running scared! Keep up the pressure! Keep the union wave going! Don't stop till more than HALF the country's starbucks are under a union!

This morning me and my pops went Cracker Barrel. Jesus fucking Christ. Boomer hell doesn’t even describe it. They were extremely short-staffed but the place was packed like always. There was a long formed in front of the hostess’ station with boomers bitching that there was never a line before. When they get up to the hostess, I hear “you need to seat people faster, there was never a line here before.” The hostess replies very professionally, “I’m sorry about the wait ma’am, we are dealing with staffing issues right now and appreciate your patience.” We were in line not even 5 minutes. Not even 5 goddamn minutes. They weren’t actually inconvenienced by the line. The just wanted to be seated immediately. About 3 minutes into my 5 minute wait, the hostess is again explaining to yet another boomer why there is a line and guys, I shit you not,…