The Gen Zers leading a new pro-union push
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US union membership has plummeted. But young workers are organising, pushing companies to rise to the occasion and meet their demands for better conditions on the job.

“They grew up being told they were going to be better off than their parents. The fact is, they struggled to find jobs, and the jobs they found were not as good as their parents’. They and the generations that follow them are saddled with college debt. They’re looking at a world where they wonder if they should even have children because of climate change.” “Once you’ve been through one union campaign, it’s a lot harder to just accept exploitation or unfair conditions, or having no voice in future workplaces.”

  • harmonea
    35•2 years ago

    Gen Z acts like they’re so different from their parents, but I remember so many articles written exactly like this about us millennials, too. Weird deja vu.

    Hope they can get it right.

    • mattmcal
      31•2 years ago

      That’s because the same issues are affecting both millenials and gen Z. Economic stagnation for young people as well as climate change are multi-generational issues that began before our time.

  • nicktron
    9•2 years ago

    It’s a sentiment that is echoed for every generation as they hit maturity since Gen X.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•2 years ago

      Maybe because it’s been happening in a steady decline since gen X?

      Basically anyone entering adulthood post 9/11 has had it harder than past generations.

  • bioemerl
    15•2 years ago

    The fact is, they struggled to find jobs

    This might have been true for millennials but Gen Z has had a kick ass job market to enter into. Lowest unemployment basically on record. Wages finally outpacing inflation in a healthy way.

    • ANGRY_MAPLEEnglish
      17•2 years ago

      It would be great if more of them had reasonable expectations.

      I’ve seen a ridiculous number of job openings that require a degree and years of experience on the field, but are simultaneously only willing to pay a few dollars over minimum.

      I’ll happily work my ass off, but I’ll do it somewhere that won’t make me go hungry in the process. I’ll work, but I won’t tolerate horrible treatment.

      I have a decent job myself, but I really can’t blame people for being fed up with companies using the same old washed up tricks. I’d do everything in my power to move before I would deal with some of the coniditions that people are expected to deal with.

      To me, life is too short to spend it being miserable for a few aholes. Treat me well as an employee, and I’ll put out my best efforts. Treat me poorly, and I’m going elsewhere. If the working conditions are great, they should have NO problem finding employees.

  • ratz30 English
    3•2 years ago

    I had to do a double take, my tired eyes read that as orgasming at first.