Jess
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And it's a lot when you're facing all these systems that our kids are facing and like taking those things in and then are trying to change those systems, finally able to try to change those systems. And we learned that like, oh, wait, like the place that we're working is actually part of these systems too.
And it's doing the same things that we're like fighting to have our kids like have better lives. Like we're facing it right now from inside the house. Yeah.
And it's doing the same things that we're like fighting to have our kids like have better lives. Like we're facing it right now from inside the house. Yeah.
And it's doing the same things that we're like fighting to have our kids like have better lives. Like we're facing it right now from inside the house. Yeah.
Yeah, within this process, they were currently hourly workers, but they tried to change us to hourly workers. Oh, my God. Yeah.
Yeah, within this process, they were currently hourly workers, but they tried to change us to hourly workers. Oh, my God. Yeah.
Yeah, within this process, they were currently hourly workers, but they tried to change us to hourly workers. Oh, my God. Yeah.
Yeah. And I think that's like, for me, one of the things that just like mess with my mind the most is that like, we're not selling a product, right. We're not trying to like get revenue or anything along those lines. Right. So like our, our job is a job that we actually like fully love and, and want to stick around, not just for our own financial peace and our own financial security.
Yeah. And I think that's like, for me, one of the things that just like mess with my mind the most is that like, we're not selling a product, right. We're not trying to like get revenue or anything along those lines. Right. So like our, our job is a job that we actually like fully love and, and want to stick around, not just for our own financial peace and our own financial security.
Yeah. And I think that's like, for me, one of the things that just like mess with my mind the most is that like, we're not selling a product, right. We're not trying to like get revenue or anything along those lines. Right. So like our, our job is a job that we actually like fully love and, and want to stick around, not just for our own financial peace and our own financial security.
We want to stick around in this job because we care about the job. And that's not to other businesses and other workplaces that unionize. A lot of times people want to do that because they want financial security. And I think for a lot of NGOs, nonprofits, and care work, We unionize because we want to stick around both because of financial security, right?
We want to stick around in this job because we care about the job. And that's not to other businesses and other workplaces that unionize. A lot of times people want to do that because they want financial security. And I think for a lot of NGOs, nonprofits, and care work, We unionize because we want to stick around both because of financial security, right?
We want to stick around in this job because we care about the job. And that's not to other businesses and other workplaces that unionize. A lot of times people want to do that because they want financial security. And I think for a lot of NGOs, nonprofits, and care work, We unionize because we want to stick around both because of financial security, right?
But also because we just like care so much about the work that we're doing. And to be faced with actions by our workplace that, you know, tried to dissuade us from that, tried to like, you know, in a sense, like it felt like stopping us from wanting to stick around. Like that, again, really hard, really hard.
But also because we just like care so much about the work that we're doing. And to be faced with actions by our workplace that, you know, tried to dissuade us from that, tried to like, you know, in a sense, like it felt like stopping us from wanting to stick around. Like that, again, really hard, really hard.
But also because we just like care so much about the work that we're doing. And to be faced with actions by our workplace that, you know, tried to dissuade us from that, tried to like, you know, in a sense, like it felt like stopping us from wanting to stick around. Like that, again, really hard, really hard.
And I think like a really like psychologically hard part that comes with unionizing in the care work field and the like nonprofit space.
And I think like a really like psychologically hard part that comes with unionizing in the care work field and the like nonprofit space.
And I think like a really like psychologically hard part that comes with unionizing in the care work field and the like nonprofit space.
Yeah, within that, and I think like an interesting thing about nonprofits, our revenue comes from donors, right? So we have to play this like fun game of like, okay, how do we communicate with our donors, right? So that we make sure that they know that like, you know, this is part of, like, what they're donating to, but then within that also, like, you know, ask for money as well, right?