But it makes sense in terms of my own organizing work. We re doing organizing of ancillary staff in hospitals. On one hand, it s a workplace that s often more low-key and physically accessible than a manufacturing facility.
People can t go to a cafeteria without feeling that they re under surveillance.
People step past the time clock and are aware that suddenly they re not free. And they resent it. Very early in any organizing campaign, we always have to get across to people that the labor law is usually not going to protect us as workers. Our real strength and power comes in our numbers and in grabbing our basic rights. There s no reason for us to accept a denial of our rights in the workplace any more than there is in our neighborhoods or anywhere else.