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"author_name": "Blue Bottle Independent Union",
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"title": "Unions of Our Own event at the Lucy Parsons Center",
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"description": "Join author Daniel Gross in a dynamic exchange with BBIU organizers Rocky Prull and Alex "Gonzo" Pyne using the 8 building blocks to visionary and sustainable unions in his new book, followed by open discussion with attendees. Work, to state the obvious, is not meeting our needs. There's plenty of beautiful energy among the working class yet the vast majority of us remain screwed on the job. At the same time, when we're not organized in the economy, we're guaranteed the kind of society we have—with billionaires ruling over us. Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work...and the World (Haymarket Books) offers a radically new framework to take on problems in the workplace—and in society—and win. Through practical tools, labor history, his own personal campaign stories, and ample examples to learn from, Daniel Gross lifts the veil on the eight fundamental building blocks of a labor union so workers can discuss, design, and test their own unions or revitalize existing ones. Unions of Our Own is about maximizing our chance of victory: unions where workers are fully meeting needs, honoring their values, and advancing a transformational vision of the world. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Daniel Gross (he/him) has spent over twenty years building unions at his jobs and accompanying thousands of workers building unions at theirs. He is the co-author with Staughton Lynd of Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law, a classic passed around by autonomy minded workers generation after generation, as well as of the graphic booklet Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks with Lynd and cartoonist Tom Keough. He helped convene the groundbreaking IWW Starbucks Workers Union in 2004 as well as Brandworkers, a worker center for food manufacturing workers in New York and New Jersey. He's currently a member and a union-builder on staff at the Solidarity Union Network (SUN), an organization of emerging unions that are led-and-operated by workers, powered by direct action, and aimed at fundamental change. Rocky Prull (they/them) is an artist and educator in Boston, MA. They were a barista and organizer with the Blue Bottle Independent Union (BBIU), and now work as a potter and teacher. Alex "Gonzo" Pyne (they/them) is a barista organizing within the Blue Bottle Independent Union, they have worked in the coffee industry for five years and are interested in organizing the industry across the supply chain.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/unions-of-our-own-event-at-the-lucy-parsons-center"
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