Labor Education Starts in School
znetwork.org
American society is steeped in narratives about economic prosperity shaped by capitalist ideas of individualism and a corporate culture of exploitation.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/7090069

Even when workers are well-informed about what they deserve from employers, they don’t have the power to do much more than resign and look for another job. What gives AB 800 teeth is that it specifically requires K-12 students to be educated, “on their right to join or organize a union at their workplace.”

  • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
    171·
    11 months ago

    Oh heck yeah. Get them pro-labour early, so they’re ready to shove down the bourgeois by lunch to seize the means of production.

    I joke but I think this is pretty cool.