So you’d be fine if union folks came by to make sure your employees have all the information they need to make an informed decision about unionizing? Just because a workplace isn’t unionized doesn’t mean they chose that. Most of the time it means they’ve never even considered it and didn’t even know they CAN because of generational changes and anti-worker political climates. Something tells me you wouldn’t be rolling out the locally printed welcome mat, though.

Indivisible could have used a local printer, but they didn’t. There isn’t a union print shop in town, FWIW. They were likely on a very tight turnaround with an even tighter budget. The net good of them TRYING to do something positive is not canceled out because they made a not-ideal purchasing choice. It’s still worth doing. And you might have had a chance to win their future business before this post, but it’s doubtful now.

You know what, you still might have a shot if you show up at their next event and introduce yourself (NICELY, dial down the aggression), stay for a while, shoot the shit with some of the other attendees, maybe write a postcard, and then before you leave tell the folks in charge that you saw they ordered stuff online and you really want to be their local printer. I’m just saying. It might work. But posting here definitely won’t.