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UNION GUY



A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats



about me





You may be asking yourself, 'why should I listen to this guys' labor union recommendations?' Well, that's a good question, so I'd like to take this opportunity to provide you with a brief introduction.



I was born in Northfield, Minnesota and moved to San Diego, California with my dad, mom, sister, and brother when I was five years old. Until she retired, my mom was a preschool teacher at our church for twenty-seven years. My dad was a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (I.B.T.) until he retired from driving a cement truck for twenty-nine years.


My first, 'hands on' experience with labor unions was in 1997 when I started working for UPS and when I also became a Teamster and it continues through today, now as a member of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.


Throughout the years, I've participated in countless, online labor union campaigns, demonstrated in front of Walmart stores with members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, and I've worked with several unions that represent Security Officers assisting them to organize new members. I have also successfully completed courses in Labor Studies at the National Labor College where I earned an Associates Degree. My employment and educational experiences have instilled within me the importance and benefits associated with a strong, engaged, and growing labor movement. Our labor movement continues to face challenges in each of these areas and I work to be part o the solution.​



My Philosophies & Values



According to recent data, union membership rates in the United States remains near historic lows at just 10.8% of the workforce. By increasing union density, collectively, we can improve working conditions and our wages and benefits.
Do you know that Americans take less vacation time now than they did forty years ago? And wages for lower income workers has essentially stagnated since 1973. During that same timeframe, income for the wealthiest 5% of American's saw their wages increase by 34% and the wealthiest 1% saw their share of global wealth rise to 48% and, today, they now possess more money than the remaining 99% of us, combined.
The owners of Walmart, the Walton family, have more wealth than 42% of American families, combined. Let's talk about Walmart...

"The Walton family is the richest family in the United States, with more wealth than Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined. The Walton's wealth comes form their inherited, controlling stake in Walmart. While Walmart workers live in poverty, the Waltons rake in billion every year from the company. And the Walton just keep getting richer. Since 2007, while many Americans were having their homes confiscated and jobs eliminated, the fortune of the six Waltons on the Forbes 400 list has more than doubled to an astounding $148.8 billion.

The Waltons have these riches thanks to the hard work of their own employees and all of us taxpayers. Based on recent estimates, taxpayers subsidize Walmart as much as $3 billion per year. Instead of paying workers enough to survive, the Waltons take billions from Walmart every year , while driving their workers on to food stamps and other public assistance" (The Walton Family: America's New Robber Barons).

Walmart is not alone in its suppression of worker's wages and benefits perhaps you work for a company that does too. But, together, we can create change. Through my work and educational experiences, I learned that, working together through collective action, is the most effective way to create more equitable system for all people. That's why, in 2005, I began my work with Union Guy. The central purpose of Union Guy is the connect workers who are interested in joining a labor union with unions that are interested in organizing more workers.



In Solidarity,



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