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Profile pic and banner credits: sharkaeopteryx art by @superkiak! eggbug by eggbug! Mash-up by me!
[Alt-text for pfp: a cute sharkaeopteryx sat on the ground with legs out, wings down, jaw ajar, and hed empty, looking at eggbug and eggbug's enigmatic smile.]
[Alt-text for banner: a Spirit Halloween banner with eggbug and the sharkaeopteryx that Superkiak drew for me looking at it with inscrutable expressions]


I'm a Vietnamese cis woman born and currently living in the U.S. You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter or Mastodon (same username), or on Twitch as Sharkaeopteryx. I do not have a Discord or Bluesky account.

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At the end of November the United Autoworkers committed to organization efforts at thirteen non-union automakers: Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Tesla, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Volkswagen, Mazda, Rivian, Lucid, and Volvo. Collectively, these companies are huge—they employ around 150,000 workers, and so unionizing them would be a major step toward re-densification of unions.

Today, that goal seems a lot more likely: UAW just announced that over 10,000 of these workers have signed union cards! Since it's been only 61 days since the UAW announcement, this works out to a rate of over 160 autoworkers per day committing to unionization of their workplaces. No doubt UAW's success against the Big Three auto manufacturers has given them credibility in the space.

Keep an eye out here in the months to come—union cards aren't a guarantee of future action, but they mark a significant commitment and can be indicative of a hunger for unionization.


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