Nonprofit, Human Services Workers Are Starting To Unionize

June 29th, 2022

Awake Goy

Makayla Wahaus’ journey to union activism started at Rensselaear Polytechnic Institute where she was a physics major. A course on food systems sparked an interest in social problems like food deserts and poor nutrition and the 2020 graduate ended up working for the non-profit Capital Roots, which works to make fresh produce available to people in neighborhoods where there are no nearby supermarkets or other healthy food sources.

She says she loves her job, but wants more say in how the organization is run, and like others, says it’s increasingly hard to survive on the pay, which for many is under $15-an-hour.

“Those are all factors that came together and made us want to organize collectively,” she said of the current drive to have Capital Roots employees join the Service Employees International (SEIU) union.

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