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- unions@lemmy.ml
- iwwunion@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- unions@lemmy.ml
- iwwunion@lemmy.ml
“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.”
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.