#eightandskate — Public Fediverse posts

I am *not* a visual person - literally, I can barely see! - but my daily art practice has slowly made me a less-terrible illustrator. I got in some good licks this week, like this graphic for the #UAW's new #EightAndSkate #WorkToRule program:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/21/eight-and-skate/#strike-to-rule

That graphic was fun because *all* the elements were from the public domain, or fair use. I love it when that happens.

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Instead, the car companies routinely offer "voluntary" overtime to their existing workforce. By refusing this overtime, workers can kneecap production, without striking.

Enter #EightAndSkate, a campaign among UAW workers to clock out after their eight hour shift. As #KeithBrowerBrown writes for *Labor Notes*, the UAW organizers are telling workers that "It’s crossing an unofficial picket line to work overtime. It’s helping out the company":

https://labornotes.org/2023/09/work-extra-during-strike-auto-workers-say-eight-and-skate

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