Basically the title. I recently got promoted to a management position at a very large restaurant. Like, makes my year's salary in a day large. Employees here have good benefits, but the area CoL is vastly outstripping their pay. Off-the-street hires make nearly as much hourly as our most senior full time staff, and the union is doing fuck all about it.
Now, part of my promotion is I'm no longer covered by the union, so organizing and going to union meetings is off the table. Also, due to contracts, myself and my direct superior have no authority to give raises, all raises have to be negotiated. But I watch these people bust their asses day in and day out, for what is no longer a liveable wage in my area.
Don't get me wrong, I am extremely pro-union. This is literally the first time in my working life I have been outside of a union, and it scares the hell out of me. However, our union is a very large-tent organization that may not have food service as its top priority, and I really feel like my employees are getting left behind. They've worked through wage freezes, covid, and mandatory overtime due to being short staffed. They've given their all, and it kills me that they're not being rewarded for that.
So I ask, how can I get my employees to strike?