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!

 

Our super rad Union Thugs t-shirt

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

Peter Clayworth
11/03/2016 at 12:37pm
Christina
10/03/2016 at 7:05pm

"Christina is awesome and so are unions!"

Anonymous pledger
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."

Simon Wall
04/03/2016 at 11:26pm
Jennifer Natoli
01/03/2016 at 4:53pm
Frances Mountier
22/02/2016 at 3:25pm
Tina Smith
17/02/2016 at 6:42pm

"Great work - lets get more young people (and people) in the union movement. "

Edward Miller
17/02/2016 at 2:17pm
Amy Hansen
16/02/2016 at 9:51am
Leisa
15/02/2016 at 10:24pm
Jessi Abrams
14/02/2016 at 7:15pm

"Lovin your work Stand Up!! "

Susannah Bailey
11/02/2016 at 9:54am
ahlene mckee
10/02/2016 at 3:13pm
Anita Rosentreter
10/02/2016 at 10:02am

"In support of the FUTURE of unionism."

Sam Gribben
10/02/2016 at 9:08am

"This is what a Union Hug looks like *big hug* thanks for organising this"

Lloyd Woods
09/02/2016 at 12:29pm
Claire Nickalls
08/02/2016 at 8:52pm
Kylie Zinsli
07/02/2016 at 7:55pm
cat walden
07/02/2016 at 7:43pm

"Love this and fully support the great work done."

Ryan
06/02/2016 at 3:24pm
Jo Wrigley
06/02/2016 at 7:55am
Danielle Davies
06/02/2016 at 7:36am

"xx"

Asher Wilson-Goldman
06/02/2016 at 2:04am

"Yay for unions, yay for Stand Up! "

Tracey McLellan
05/02/2016 at 8:47pm
Ron Angel
05/02/2016 at 8:14pm
KT
05/02/2016 at 7:16pm

"I WANT THIS SHIRT"

Alastair Reith
05/02/2016 at 5:33pm
David Kennedy
05/02/2016 at 5:32pm
Greg Lloyd
05/02/2016 at 5:31pm
Sheryl Cadman
05/02/2016 at 3:02pm

Followers 1

Followers of Union Thugs Unite!

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!

 

Our super rad Union Thugs t-shirt

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

Hey! Thanks for checking out this project.

We haven't made any updates yet, follow us if you want to be notified when we do.

Peter Clayworth
11/03/2016 at 12:37pm
Christina
10/03/2016 at 7:05pm

"Christina is awesome and so are unions!"

Anonymous pledger
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."

Simon Wall
04/03/2016 at 11:26pm
Jennifer Natoli
01/03/2016 at 4:53pm
Frances Mountier
22/02/2016 at 3:25pm
Tina Smith
17/02/2016 at 6:42pm

"Great work - lets get more young people (and people) in the union movement. "

Edward Miller
17/02/2016 at 2:17pm
Amy Hansen
16/02/2016 at 9:51am
Leisa
15/02/2016 at 10:24pm
Jessi Abrams
14/02/2016 at 7:15pm

"Lovin your work Stand Up!! "

Susannah Bailey
11/02/2016 at 9:54am
ahlene mckee
10/02/2016 at 3:13pm
Anita Rosentreter
10/02/2016 at 10:02am

"In support of the FUTURE of unionism."

Sam Gribben
10/02/2016 at 9:08am

"This is what a Union Hug looks like *big hug* thanks for organising this"

Lloyd Woods
09/02/2016 at 12:29pm
Claire Nickalls
08/02/2016 at 8:52pm
Kylie Zinsli
07/02/2016 at 7:55pm
cat walden
07/02/2016 at 7:43pm

"Love this and fully support the great work done."

Ryan
06/02/2016 at 3:24pm
Jo Wrigley
06/02/2016 at 7:55am
Danielle Davies
06/02/2016 at 7:36am

"xx"

Asher Wilson-Goldman
06/02/2016 at 2:04am

"Yay for unions, yay for Stand Up! "

Tracey McLellan
05/02/2016 at 8:47pm
Ron Angel
05/02/2016 at 8:14pm
KT
05/02/2016 at 7:16pm

"I WANT THIS SHIRT"

Alastair Reith
05/02/2016 at 5:33pm
David Kennedy
05/02/2016 at 5:32pm
Greg Lloyd
05/02/2016 at 5:31pm
Sheryl Cadman
05/02/2016 at 3:02pm

Followers of Union Thugs Unite!

This campaign was successful and got its funding on 11/03/2016 at 5:00 PM.