Union WOLF

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea." MLK

Union WOLF (Workers Organized | Labor 1st) is dedicated to representing hard-working, frontline workers in Virginia and across the nation. This is a resource page for its members. Contact Jomar at team@untalan.esq or 260.351.1113. Help Team ESQ help you!

Who are we & what do we do?

We protect, promote, organize, collectively bargain, represent and advocate for workers and their families to secure better working conditions, wages, quality of life, and similar benefits, as well as to facilitate their dignified access to justice. We are organized to better the conditions of workers, improve the grade of their products, and develop a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.
WOLF is a grass-roots union: We zealously advocate for our members without needless national agendas or distracting partisanship. We let the members vote their conscience and we want them to take the initiative and mobilize!

Join Union WOLF

Feel the Strength in Numbers & Support Your Fellow American Worker

Text/Call 260-351-1113 or email us team@untalan.esq

Benefits

You have a stand-by support system and resource for your labor & employment questions.
- We can be a safety net when you are faced with bullying, harassment and retaliation at work.
  - Many law offices charge for an initial consult and require a deposit of thousands of dollars before they work your case!
    - We have eliminated (gonzo) those initial, financial barriers for our members! Each and every American worker should be able to assert their rights, regardless the tax bracket.
You get one (1) no-cost thirty (30) minute legal consultation (any area of law) per month with Jomar G. Untalan, Esq. If Jomar cannot directly help you, we can guide you to accessing the resources that you need!
Discounted rates for many other legal matters: immigration, personal injury, traffic charges, etc.
We are ready & in position when you and your workplace feel ready to unionize!
Your membership signifies your support for the fair and equitable treatment of workers, livable wages for a dignified quality of life for all hard-working Americans and for access to justice for all peoples.

Employee Rights (NLRB Poster)

How can a union help me? How does a union change lives?

(2022 - 2023) The heiress to the Disney empire asked workers: How many of you know a coworker who needs food stamps? How many have coworkers who need to sleep in their cars? How many know coworkers who went without medical care because they cannot afford it? Watch the video here.

A union organized to:

provide a food pantry for workers who were still struggling to survive, especially when they are out on medical leave
index hourly wages to the cost-of-living so that workers can increase family time, rather than working multiple jobs to make ends meet

Source: Gabriel San Román for the Los Angeles Times

(2018) Marriott union workers achieved:

Panic buttons to improve worker safety when alone
Lifetime bans on guests who sexually harass workers (Jomar: such a basic aspect of safety and human dignity - incredible that unionized action was needed to get this and during a time of record corporate earnings!)
Better pregnancy accommodations
Four (4) dollar increase to the hourly wage
Pensions based on years with the company
Improved scheduling of work hours and shifts

Source: Alexia Fernández Campbell on Vox

But we're afraid to join a union . . .

Any form of progress (unionizing, academics, athletic performance) will always involve the risk of failure and its sibling, fear. The decision to join a union must always be a personal choice: a balancing between the burden of low wages & a toxic work environment and the fear of retaliation.

Union WOLF guards against retaliation by keeping its members and supporters confidential until a secret ballot election is won. Further, we stand ready to litigate unfair labor practice claims when appropriate. "Without struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass (1857).

All Labor Has Dignity

(2025 Remember the Rev. Dr. MLK) The evening before his assassination, Dr. King felt that he may not see the Promised Land, but he envisioned a time when the pay and job conditions of frontline, trench workers are justly and righteously commensurate with dignity and worth.

Manager Secretly Supports a Union for Healthcare Workers

(2024 May 5) Great article by Harry Severance, M.D. and his interview with a hospital administrator who was pro-union because:

healthcare had become the most unsafe job site in America;
corporate is detached from work realities and hyper-focused on profits; and
in a Suits v. Scrub environment, a union of scrubs can collectively contract for safety and patient ratios.

VW Worker Turns pro-Union

(2024 April 28) Highlights sound familiar?

4:45 It gets to a point when we unionize, and then the company says, "No, we'll fix things. Here's some barbecue. Please don't vote."

8:35 Across the nation, people like myself, work for multibillion dollar corporations but are barely able to afford groceries. I have one of the best jobs in the area and I have a wife and kids and I am drowning in medical debt.

10:18 Many employees work full-time but still have to rely on government subsidies, which means our tax dollars excuse billion dollar corporations from paying livable wages.

11:30 Unions stand up to corporate greed and say "this is wrong." There's always a push for human rights and for common, decent people to get a fair shake.

(2024 April 20) Do you monitor and provide psychiatric support to patients? Check out this snippet from the Bureau of Labor! The DC metro area pays psychiatric techs an hourly mean of $27.97. Are you being paid fair market wages? Join Union Wolf and support our advocacy for fair pay and safe working conditions!

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