Cassie

We are bargaining our contract with Starbucks right now, and community support is a huge part of what's going to get us you know, the contract that does deliver the kind of protections and benefits we're looking for, that does set a precedent for what trans-inclusive union organizing and union bargaining can look like in this country.

It's kind of a terrifying responsibility sometimes, but the thing about this union is because it is one of the exciting bright spots in American labor right now, I do think a lot of people are looking to us to figure out, well, what are they doing? What's working? What's going well? And I certainly think the results we get for trans workers in our union have some precedent setting importance.

It's kind of a terrifying responsibility sometimes, but the thing about this union is because it is one of the exciting bright spots in American labor right now, I do think a lot of people are looking to us to figure out, well, what are they doing? What's working? What's going well? And I certainly think the results we get for trans workers in our union have some precedent setting importance.

It's kind of a terrifying responsibility sometimes, but the thing about this union is because it is one of the exciting bright spots in American labor right now, I do think a lot of people are looking to us to figure out, well, what are they doing? What's working? What's going well? And I certainly think the results we get for trans workers in our union have some precedent setting importance.

So it is really critical, even if you're not in this union, even if you don't work at Starbucks, to support this struggle because it will have ripple effects. There will be ramifications for American labor and for the struggle for trans liberation as a consequence of how things turn out with us. So yeah, we could really use your support.

So it is really critical, even if you're not in this union, even if you don't work at Starbucks, to support this struggle because it will have ripple effects. There will be ramifications for American labor and for the struggle for trans liberation as a consequence of how things turn out with us. So yeah, we could really use your support.

So it is really critical, even if you're not in this union, even if you don't work at Starbucks, to support this struggle because it will have ripple effects. There will be ramifications for American labor and for the struggle for trans liberation as a consequence of how things turn out with us. So yeah, we could really use your support.

Yeah, you really can. And I mean, you know, at my store... I was the only trans person at my store. And despite being a transsexual communist, I was able to organize a successful election at a store that includes half of people being Trump voters.

Yeah, you really can. And I mean, you know, at my store... I was the only trans person at my store. And despite being a transsexual communist, I was able to organize a successful election at a store that includes half of people being Trump voters.

Yeah, you really can. And I mean, you know, at my store... I was the only trans person at my store. And despite being a transsexual communist, I was able to organize a successful election at a store that includes half of people being Trump voters.

The idea that you have to hide or diminish yourself or that because you're trans or otherwise marginalized, that it's impossible for you to build that solidarity is with your coworkers and come together for your common issues, it's just not true. People understand their own economic liberation.

The idea that you have to hide or diminish yourself or that because you're trans or otherwise marginalized, that it's impossible for you to build that solidarity is with your coworkers and come together for your common issues, it's just not true. People understand their own economic liberation.

The idea that you have to hide or diminish yourself or that because you're trans or otherwise marginalized, that it's impossible for you to build that solidarity is with your coworkers and come together for your common issues, it's just not true. People understand their own economic liberation.

Even if they don't fully just yet, there's always an intuitive level that you understand you're getting screwed over. You can tell that the system is not set up fairly and it's not set up for you to succeed as a working person.

Even if they don't fully just yet, there's always an intuitive level that you understand you're getting screwed over. You can tell that the system is not set up fairly and it's not set up for you to succeed as a working person.

Even if they don't fully just yet, there's always an intuitive level that you understand you're getting screwed over. You can tell that the system is not set up fairly and it's not set up for you to succeed as a working person.

And with the right conversations, with the right information, with the right relationships and solidarity that you build with someone else, people can be brought to understand what the solution is and that the situation you currently live under with shareholders and capitalists stealing all of this value from you is unacceptable and that there is a way to fight to get back what you've earned with your labor.

And with the right conversations, with the right information, with the right relationships and solidarity that you build with someone else, people can be brought to understand what the solution is and that the situation you currently live under with shareholders and capitalists stealing all of this value from you is unacceptable and that there is a way to fight to get back what you've earned with your labor.

And with the right conversations, with the right information, with the right relationships and solidarity that you build with someone else, people can be brought to understand what the solution is and that the situation you currently live under with shareholders and capitalists stealing all of this value from you is unacceptable and that there is a way to fight to get back what you've earned with your labor.

So for those of you who are listening, you don't have to hide who you are politically or personally to do that work, to bring people along. And in fact, if we do hide who we are, then we're not really going to be getting people all the way to where they need to go.