Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of "Sesame Street" workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder,” reports @ellafanger.
https://t.co/Mev2zSD93C
BREAKING: 74% of workers have voted YES to a new Sesame Street union.
It’s a big win for @SesameWorkersU, the people behind the scenes who power the Sesame Workshop.
Anthony is a Sesame employee who was just laid off while he awaits an anticipated kidney transplant. As a full time contract worker, he was denied severance-- unlike his colleagues considered "staff."
ALL workers contribute to our mission, so ALL workers deserve severance.
We all grew up on Sesame Street values of fairness and kindness, which makes these layoffs even more egregious.
@SesameWorkshop, it's time to negotiate with @opeiu153's @SesameWorkersU and work towards voluntary recognition together.
Put your employees first on @sesamestreet.
We expect @SesameWorkshop to uphold our shared values of fairness, transparency, and respect by recognizing our union and collectively bargaining over our working conditions and the terms of yesterday's layoffs.
A majority of workers at Sesame Workshop asked for voluntary recognition of their union—only to be met with widespread layoffs.
Unacceptable. @SesameWorkshop should reinstate these workers immediately and open good faith negotiations with @opeiu153.
@gabrielwinant Wait until said child mounts a piece of furniture and proclaims “we demand a union …” then trails off unintelligibly. This may or may not be a true story.
@neonarodist Sounds like you’re describing Red Sprouts! We are organizers working through mutual aid childcare in @nycDSA, including providing training and support for kid spaces and integrating young people into the culture of DSA.