Class Warfare and the Unions

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Big unions are more interested in protecting their own interests than in motivating workers to real action. (That being said, I'd still much rather be in a union than not.) Can you do any interpersonal work with your union colleagues? Education around what happened in the Battle of Blair mountain can have some success with conservatives. The government was so cartoonishly evil against poor, working-class rural workers that it's pretty hard for even the most addled conservative brain not to see how fucked up it was.
What do you want your union and your fellow union members to do? Coming up with specific actionable points helps your case.
Does your contract have a no-strike clause? Because education around the power of strikes can be important, too.