I need work advice

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

So yet again my ideal work environment of nice people and no drug tests is now in peril. A new GM has forced my old nice, everyone is equal leader type guy, out of a job and back to the garage and is ripping it apart. Day before yesterday, we had a walk out. He also told the guy that owns 90% of our tools and gear to fuck off so aside from what's in our toolbox, that's what we got. Me and 3 other mechs heard him go on a 15 min homophobic rant about a gay driver. He's sexist as fuck and made rude comments to me and my friends and fired 2 of the other girls there. Like, wtf can I do to save this job you think? Organization is hard because all the other guys are talking bout hopping shops. I am so mad. Halp.

[Ethics Gradient, Traitor For All Ages]

Is the GM also the owner? If not I would appeal to the owner's greed, that place isn't going to make a profit with no tools and no employees.

[Counterculturalist]

I've been in a similar situation. We ended up bringing a union in at my old shop, which didn't solve all of the problems (or even most of them), but did improve things in a number of ways; for one thing, arbitrarily firing people became impossible, and if management was flagrantly abusive, you'd have some recourse. Small shops threaten to close when threatened with union activity, but in my experience, that's usually all talk.

If there has already been a walk-out, it sounds like there might be some momentum going to fight back, even if unionization is out of the question. Is there a chance of the entire shop walking out? Something like that is hard to organize and make stick in a smaller workplace, but it could be effective.

[Creative Destruction]

become a part of the filthy petty-bourgeoisie and start your own worker collective.

other than that, i'd agree with EG, if unionization is out of the question. publicize your work experiences in the local media, start a campaign against the GM, etc., until it becomes unprofitable to have them do business that way.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Is the GM also the owner? If not I would appeal to the owner's greed, that place isn't going to make a profit with no tools and no employees.

No, originally he was just some like new manager below my old boss, let's call him Awesome Tom. This new guy, Douche Mcdiarrhea, has only been there 4 weeks and doing this whole, I'm new and in mgmt so I gotta be a prick and show em I'm boss kinda fella, u kno? Anywho, so allegedly it's coming from corporate and the actual ownership structure is complex and irritating. I know it's him and so does everyone else and I won't him gone. I knew this was gonna happen thas why I made that other thread about general American mech unions. There's no union and a general walkout seems difficult because it would require also convincing two, as I will call them, house cunnies, who weren't affected to also walk out and I'm afraid to even talk to them buts it's like the garage needs to be united. I also fear a strike is also impossible because both head mechs would probably be outright against saying fuck it. Idk why.

I also am debating on whether or not I should instigate things or let them play out because I am also thinking this cock is gonna realize his mistake in two weeks cuz we'll be fucking slammed. This is a tough pickle.

[Sewer Socialist]

When you're slammed with business, a walkout is going to be more effective against management, and a more desirable action for your co-workers.

[Pancakes Rühle]

If you have the support of a walk out, then yes. utilize that.

However, there are routes you can take via OSHA (or some other part of the USDL) in regards to workplace harassment/bullying... you'd have to have other people attest to the homophobia and sexism. Chances go up if those women fired believe it was due to sexism, and/or heard sexist remarks in their dismissal. ACLU maybe even... I just want you to get the best bang for the effort.

He has a walkout on his hands, and the government sniffing around his bidness.

In terms of unions as well, why not try to join? -- Not that it would guarantee anything -- You only need majority vote, not unanimous afaik, and the boss doesn't need to know about the vote. Some unions you could look to are Teamsters, LiUNA, IWW (which you'd have to realize the fact that it is small as hell), and you could also get in contact with other unions in regards to accepting mechs as a part.

[o well this is ok I guess]

He went on a homophobic rant with people listening around?
dude is obviously stupid and asking to get called on it. he'll probably do it again. get a good sound recorder (college radio stations lend em out to hosts, and if there's an activist show on it you can probably contact them to borrow one for you) or just get a recording app on your phone, since phones are discreet enough. both fit well enough into a pocket and can be activated without much fuss.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

If you have the support of a walk out, then yes. utilize that.

However, there are routes you can take via OSHA (or some other part of the USDL) in regards to workplace harassment/bullying... you'd have to have other people attest to the homophobia and sexism. Chances go up if those women fired believe it was due to sexism, and/or heard sexist remarks in their dismissal. ACLU maybe even... I just want you to get the best bang for the effort.

He has a walkout on his hands, and the government sniffing around his bidness.

In terms of unions as well, why not try to join? -- Not that it would guarantee anything -- You only need majority vote, not unanimous afaik, and the boss doesn't need to know about the vote. Some unions you could look to are Teamsters, LiUNA, IWW (which you'd have to realize the fact that it is small as hell), and you could also get in contact with other unions in regards to accepting mechs as a part.

Actually, I've been a Wobblie for a long ass time and have thought about contacting thems and chatting with thems about the matter. I've also thought about recording him however in the past when I've done so it wasn't excepted as evidence because it was obtained under "questionable means," so I want to make sure if I do instigate and record something I do it by the book because I can be pretty persuasive/coercive/strong armish sometimes.

[cyu]

Find out his home address and give it to the people he fired. Problem will go away "by itself" ;)

[Sasha]

There are plenty of ways to get rid of managers that would be defeated by talking about it online but let's just say that when shit becomes suddenly expensive and accidents happen its the management that is held responsible by the bosses.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

There are plenty of ways to get rid of managers that would be defeated by talking about it online but let's just say that when shit becomes suddenly expensive and accidents happen its the management that is held responsible by the bosses.

Good point but I wanted to brainstorm a little bit plus I've made it pretty anonymous but you do have a valid point

[Decolonize The Left]

In the first place, you should be keeping a running log of incidents and the people involved. You should also have a contact sheet with those fired, treated inappropriately, etc. Get your duckies in a row so that when it's time to get serious you don't need to scrap a bunch of info together.

In the second place, reach out to unions if that's the route you wanna go down. You mentioned you're IWW so that would probably be the easiest and fastest given that you know the appropriate folks.

If you don't wanna go union, then you need two things: 1) the right time for the walkout and 2) the right ammo to support the walkout. A walkout alone is solid but a walkout coupled with appropriate press and government prying into alleged workplace safety violations is better. So perhaps you need to get in touch with the appropriate news outlets and, as Pancakes mentioned, OSHA, etc.

Sasha's point is definitely valid, but requires a lot more strategy as, while management will be held responsible in the end, given what you've said about this guy it's highly likely that he will try and take it out on the workers first. So tread lightly.