Worker Stories

Arkansas | California | DC | Florida | Louisiana | Maine | Mississippi
North Carolina | New Jersey | New York | Pennsylvania | Virginia

Arkansas

_George West
“I Wish All Workers Who Want to Join a Union Had the Chance I Had”
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California

_Rosa Samaniego
“It Was Hard Work But It Was Worth It”
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_Sara Steffens
“Manager Asked for Daily Counts on Who Supported the Union - That’s No Secret Ballot”
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_Taren Conforti
“Verizon Senior VP Goes ‘Cubicle to Cublicle’ Telling Workers to Vote ‘No Union’”
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District of Columbia

_Jimmy Suissa
“Judge Calls CNN Plan a ‘Sham’ to Get Rid of Union”
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Florida

_Emily Ceshker
“If our first vote was a mockery this last election at Delta was a circus”
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_Tammy Smolinsky
“Mom, Don’t They Believe In Unions?”
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Louisiana

_Joe Bordelon
“Anyone Who Stood Up For the Contract Was Labeled a Troublemaker”
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_Chinazo Okolo
“Workers were fired for no reason.”
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Maine

_Heidi Dahms
“We Feel Like We’re Being Treated Equally Now”
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_Cathy Coolidge
“No worker should have to fear for her job because she wants a union”
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_Corey Day
“All Americans should have a chance to organize without fear of losing their jobs”
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Mississippi

_Kelvin Banks
“The Idea that Anyone Forced Us to Sign Union Cards is Crazy”
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North Carolina

_George Devane
“Even With the Law on Our Side They Tried to Shut Us Down”
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New Jersey

_Vernetta McCray
“We Need Unions So Workers Like Me Can Live the American Dream”
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New York

_Roger Reece and John Linder
“We Went Through a Meat Grinder of Intimidation”
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_Tia Milton
“Threats, Promises and Tears were Routine in Organizing Campaign”
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Pennsylvania

_John Pezzana
“Once the Company Finds Out You Want a Union, It Takes a Real Interest in You”
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_Robert Hackenberg
"'CEOs Demand Contracts to Protect Their Pay' - Why Don’t Workers Have that Right?"
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Virginia

_Sharon Harrison
“I Know What a Big Difference It Makes When You Don’t Have to Be Afraid Anymore”
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_Teresa Balderson
“Having a Job With a Contract Means Everything”
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