Texas Democratic organizers unionize, score successful contract

Organizers with the Texas Democratic Party announced Thursday they had officially unionized, striking a contract with their bosses after roughly two weeks of negotiations.

Jacob Canyon, a Millenial/Gen Z constituency organizer with the party and a representative for the newly formed union with 18 members, said bread and butter issues like better pay and working conditions were among the top reasons they looked to collective bargaining.

“With a bunch of organizers, it was actually kind of easy to organize ourselves to sign [union] cards,” Canyon joked with the Signal. “It was a pretty easy sell.”

Canyon was hired by Texas Democrats in February, a month after leaving Julián Castro’s campaign for president.

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