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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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So, a library strike is a pr stunt. You're not halting production, you're showing the public that a beloved class of workers is fed up.
This makes public outreach the most important aspect. Yes, you need a picket line for the optics, but you also need to go make friends with lefty reporters. You need to get your shit boosted on every non-profit, church and leftist insta page. You need to go door knocking to get citizens to call decision makers and tell them they're upset.
HOLD THE LINE:
You and other pro-strike folks. need to talk to every one of your coworkers, get 90% of them to agree to strike. Have them sign a pledge. Talk to them about saving money.
If you don't get 90%, your strike will probably break pretty quickly.
PUT ON PRESSURE:
Who are the decision makers? Where are they week? Do they have a small business you can picket? Do they have a church or charity you can shame them to? Can you tell their neighbors what they're up to?
Create a plan for pressuring them in their non-library life. Organize tactics from least to most impactful. Make them more intense as you go. They won't stop because of an action but because of fear of the next action.
FIND ALLIES:
Find a local union that organizes libraries in your area and reach out. Tell them the situation and see if they can help. If you file for election, then you have more protections under the law.
Also contact local leftists, make yourself serious, show that organizing is already happening, make a concrete, closed ended ask like "come to a planning meeting" or "come to the picket line"
DSA and the IWW both sometimes help with these kinds of actions.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK:
Learn how to file ULPs (and what counts as a ULP) learn the unemployment process well enough to help your coworkers through it when you get fired (you can collect unemployment if you're fired for striking). Learn how to have an organizing conversation (labor notes and the IWW have resources on it).
Good luck OP.