Negotiating in Bad Faith: The Strike Strategy

This chapter explores the challenges faced during contract negotiations, highlighting ownership's bad faith tactics and lack of serious engagement. It discusses the strategic planning and execution of a labor strike, emphasizing community fundraising efforts and the importance of solidarity among workers. Additionally, the chapter underscores the significance of authentic communication and building interpersonal relationships within unions to foster trust and collective action.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

When Care Workers Organize
Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake
Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador
How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

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Sources/Links:

When Care Workers Organize

https://www.instagram.com/friendspdxunionnetwork/

https://friendspdx.org/donate

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-juntas-aerial-attacks-continue-despite-post-quake-ceasefire/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-shoots-chinese-earthquake-aid-convoy-rcna199233

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/myanmar-lashes-out-at-quotchocolate-barquot-foreign-aid-idUSSP172535/