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Andrew Sage

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
5001 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

I could be looking into my options for how fast a car would hit me.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

But that doesn't mean anything.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Union considering expropriating the mansions of Nestle CEOs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Like, we're in an exploratory committee.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Sources say...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Yeah, I don't think they'd publish that in Reuters, but it's interesting that they would even say that because the entire value that Blue Bottle offers Nestle is to be able to put the brand onto Nespresso pods or whatever.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And also just very weird timing with the strike ending the same day it comes out.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Yep, yep, yep.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

But it's like Alex said earlier, like the solidarity that we have between our coworkers, it just cannot be broken by management.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And even after they fired me and two of our other organizers, people still went out on the picket line.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We kept...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Five out of the six cafes closed in Boston, and the only reason one of them could stay open is because all of the managers banded together to keep the Prudential Center open.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

I was going to say, I don't think a single latte went out correctly that day, but hey, you know, at least they could still collect their $9 per latte, so...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

you got fruit poisoning on the dates of the strike for going to the getting served manager coffee if you had a bad experience during the strike at the Prudential Center just know that that was not union-made coffee and we would never do that to you

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

I think it's really beautiful that... Yeah, y'all just kept fucking doing this even though they're just doing this bullshit constantly.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And it's like, no, we're just going to keep fighting them.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And they're going to get so scared that they're leaking to the press that we're thinking about selling the thing.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Like, it's just...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We're a lot further along than I thought we would ever get.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

I thought they were going to fire us the day after we did the first walkout last year, which is, you know, I thought all the more reason to try then.