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Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover. Thank you so much for joining me on the show

once again. Let's jump right into it. Capitalism is coming for all of us and the companies

are more powerful than ever. They're getting bigger and bigger and this century we have seen

the creation of brand new strategies the companies use to dominate and crush workers finding new

and exciting ways to exploit us and pay us less. The only way for the little guys that's us workers

to fight back and provide for ourselves is for us to come together and fight collectively for what

we need. In other words, when you're fighting against a big adversary, you need to make yourself big

and that is what a union does. At least when a union does, when it's supposed to. See, unions don't

always work. Their organizations that sometimes get flawed. They stop using member power and instead,

they try to fight through the court, so through marketing campaigns or through lobbying politicians.

And when they do that, they usually start losing. What makes a union work is something more

fundamental and that is organizing. Organizing is the process by which individuals come together

to figure out our common needs and then build power to fight for those needs. It's how real unions

win our gains by forcing concessions from the management. And it's also how other movements have

won gains throughout American history, whether that's auto workers, farm workers, or civil rights

advocates. Organizing is how we win. It's the fundamental building block of positive change.

And here on the show today, we have an incredible expert who is going to tell us about exactly how

to do it. But before we get to that, I want to remind you that if you want to support this show,

head to patreon.com slash adon carnivore. Just five bucks a month gets you every episode of

this show ad free and a bunch of other goodies. And you'll be supporting me and this show. And

I thank you for doing so. And just a reminder, I am also going on tour this year doing my brand new

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