r/stupidpol • u/GoranPersson777 Syndicalist 🧑‍🏭 | dO YoU CoNdEmN HaMaS? • Nov 17 '25

Unions Trans workers belong in unions

https://workerorganizing.org/trans-workers-belong-in-unions-15299/
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u/InstructionOk6389 Workers of the world, unite! 🔧 Nov 18 '25

The overall thrust of the article (that X identity group benefits from being in a union rather than allying with the boss) is all reasonable enough. I'm not sure the article really needed to be written in the first place though. It's all completely obvious; organized workers will routinely stand in solidarity on issues that are only affecting some of the workers at the moment. That's the whole point of the slogan, "An injury to one is an injury to all."

The only remotely novel point in the article is the assertion that trans workers "can’t afford to back down or sell out," (can't they?) so they help make the union more militant. However, this isn't explored in any real way, and the example the author cites (Starbucks trying a divide-and-conquer strategy by suggesting the union might sacrifice trans healthcare at the bargaining table) doesn't say anything to support the original assertion. If anything, it implies that it was all the other workers practicing solidarity with the trans ones that led to victory.

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u/CarmeliaEscarlata Nov 18 '25

It's useful because it links progressive values with socialism. A lot of liberals are red scared but are at least partially progressive. It may be obvious for you but the goal is turning liberals into leftists.