Union Thugs Unite!
By Stand Up - Youth Union Movement
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Union Thugs Unite!
Project 2016-02-03 12:40:20 +1300
Stand Up (the CTU's youth union movement) wants to spread the good word!
We think that lots of people either don't know what a union is, or think we're a bunch of thugs - and we want to start a conversation about it. The term "union thug" has been used throughout the history of the labour movement all around the world to paint a picture of unionists as unreasonable, violent and corrupt. The phrase has, in recent times, been used to describe President Barack Obama by Republicans in America due to his history as a grassroots organiser. POTUS isn't a thug!
We want to reclaim the phrase and show that we're actually just normal people who believe that working people should have a say in their working lives. We're not thugs, and our wee t-shirt design will show how ridiculous the description is... and (hopefully) get people to ask "what's this all about then?".
So basically, buy the t-shirt and wear it proudly. We're excited to finally be getting them out there to you!
We need a minimum of 50 pledges before we can go ahead and get these made and sent out. The t-shirts are Fair Trade certified.
Stand Up is made up of, well...you! Probably. If you're a young worker, anyway. We represent the interests of young workers and apecifically are made up of thousands of young union members across the country. We believe that working people deserve to have a say in their workplaces and that unions are the best way to do this. We (some of us) *like* to call ourselves union thugs, because we think it makes us sound cooler.
In terms of beauracracy, we are made up of three convenors (Asher, Christina and Tony). Here, have a look at our beautiful faces.
We also have a bunch of beautiful committee members, but we didn't ask them about sharing their photos, so let's not go there right now...
Any money from pledges will be used to support Stand Up's work in the coming year which, at the moment, focuses on resourcing our presentations in high schools to educate students about their minimum work rights.
Cheers for the support!
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Pledgers 38
11/03/2016 at 12:37pm
10/03/2016 at 7:05pm
"Christina is awesome and so are unions!"
05/03/2016 at 10:34am
"Support our youth workers. They need to pay my pension soon! Tone down retoric. Share the gains of Capitalism fairly not destroying it."
04/03/2016 at 11:26pm
01/03/2016 at 4:53pm
22/02/2016 at 3:25pm
17/02/2016 at 6:42pm
"Great work - lets get more young people (and people) in the union movement. "
17/02/2016 at 2:17pm
16/02/2016 at 9:51am
15/02/2016 at 10:24pm
14/02/2016 at 7:15pm
"Lovin your work Stand Up!! "
11/02/2016 at 9:54am
10/02/2016 at 3:13pm
10/02/2016 at 10:02am
"In support of the FUTURE of unionism."
10/02/2016 at 9:08am
"This is what a Union Hug looks like *big hug* thanks for organising this"
09/02/2016 at 12:29pm
08/02/2016 at 8:52pm
07/02/2016 at 7:55pm
07/02/2016 at 7:43pm
"Love this and fully support the great work done."
06/02/2016 at 3:24pm
06/02/2016 at 7:55am
06/02/2016 at 7:36am
"xx"
06/02/2016 at 2:04am
"Yay for unions, yay for Stand Up! "
05/02/2016 at 8:47pm
05/02/2016 at 8:14pm
05/02/2016 at 7:16pm
"I WANT THIS SHIRT"
05/02/2016 at 5:33pm
05/02/2016 at 5:32pm
05/02/2016 at 5:31pm
05/02/2016 at 3:02pm
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Union Thugs Unite!
Project 2016-02-03 12:40:20 +1300
Stand Up (the CTU's youth union movement) wants to spread the good word!
We think that lots of people either don't know what a union is, or think we're a bunch of thugs - and we want to start a conversation about it. The term "union thug" has been used throughout the history of the labour movement all around the world to paint a picture of unionists as unreasonable, violent and corrupt. The phrase has, in recent times, been used to describe President Barack Obama by Republicans in America due to his history as a grassroots organiser. POTUS isn't a thug!
We want to reclaim the phrase and show that we're actually just normal people who believe that working people should have a say in their working lives. We're not thugs, and our wee t-shirt design will show how ridiculous the description is... and (hopefully) get people to ask "what's this all about then?".
So basically, buy the t-shirt and wear it proudly. We're excited to finally be getting them out there to you!
We need a minimum of 50 pledges before we can go ahead and get these made and sent out. The t-shirts are Fair Trade certified.
Stand Up is made up of, well...you! Probably. If you're a young worker, anyway. We represent the interests of young workers and apecifically are made up of thousands of young union members across the country. We believe that working people deserve to have a say in their workplaces and that unions are the best way to do this. We (some of us) *like* to call ourselves union thugs, because we think it makes us sound cooler.
In terms of beauracracy, we are made up of three convenors (Asher, Christina and Tony). Here, have a look at our beautiful faces.
We also have a bunch of beautiful committee members, but we didn't ask them about sharing their photos, so let's not go there right now...
Any money from pledges will be used to support Stand Up's work in the coming year which, at the moment, focuses on resourcing our presentations in high schools to educate students about their minimum work rights.
Cheers for the support!
Comments
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We haven't made any updates yet, follow us if you want to be notified when we do.
11/03/2016 at 12:37pm
10/03/2016 at 7:05pm
"Christina is awesome and so are unions!"
05/03/2016 at 10:34am
"Support our youth workers. They need to pay my pension soon! Tone down retoric. Share the gains of Capitalism fairly not destroying it."
04/03/2016 at 11:26pm
01/03/2016 at 4:53pm
22/02/2016 at 3:25pm
17/02/2016 at 6:42pm
"Great work - lets get more young people (and people) in the union movement. "
17/02/2016 at 2:17pm
16/02/2016 at 9:51am
15/02/2016 at 10:24pm
14/02/2016 at 7:15pm
"Lovin your work Stand Up!! "
11/02/2016 at 9:54am
10/02/2016 at 3:13pm
10/02/2016 at 10:02am
"In support of the FUTURE of unionism."
10/02/2016 at 9:08am
"This is what a Union Hug looks like *big hug* thanks for organising this"
09/02/2016 at 12:29pm
08/02/2016 at 8:52pm
07/02/2016 at 7:55pm
07/02/2016 at 7:43pm
"Love this and fully support the great work done."
06/02/2016 at 3:24pm
06/02/2016 at 7:55am
06/02/2016 at 7:36am
"xx"
06/02/2016 at 2:04am
"Yay for unions, yay for Stand Up! "
05/02/2016 at 8:47pm
05/02/2016 at 8:14pm
05/02/2016 at 7:16pm
"I WANT THIS SHIRT"