tehblackbirdisrunning:

Oh, here is a thing I found out about that everybody in the U.S. who’s a worker should have if you can. The NLRB has a mobile app to help educate the public about worker’s rights.

You may or may not know that Democrats have a majority on the National Labor Relations Board right now. And this majority seems particularly concerned with educating the public about labor law.

You might be asking why labor law would apply to you, since less than 7% of the U.S. population is even in a union anymore and many state governments and the courts seem intent on dismantling the unions we have left.

Guess what? It still does apply to you and may be more important now than ever. You still have the right to organize with your coworkers to challenge and speak out about working conditions (wages, benefits, working conditions, etc.). It can be two of you. It can be ten of you. You have rights. You pretty much always have.

It’s just that most people who’ve never been in a union don’t know much about those rights (myself included, until recently). You don’t have to belong to a union to have these rights.

So if you can, get the app, and check out the NLRB’s website too. They’re trying, y’all.