Hello sisters and brothers! My name is Carlos and I have the honor of being the third Union Summer Intern to welcome you to this blog!
My full name is Carlos Daniel Ramirez-Rosa, but I prefer to go by the somewhat "shorter" name of Carlos Daniel Rosa (my mother’s surname is Ramirez). My parents, Carlos and Margarita, are both first generation immigrants to this nation. Like the millions before them and the millions after them, they, and their parents, came seeking a better job and a better life. They found those jobs and secured a better life through employment at a unionized workplace. Growing up I was privileged to have parents that, due to unionization, had job security, health coverage, fair compensation, and dignity in the workplace. The food that was placed on my table, my affordable visits to the doctor and the stories my parents told me of the battles working people and their unions won (and lost) showed me the power of a united workforce and a union contract.
Growing up in a household where the parents are more concerned about what movie to take the kids to than how they’re going to pay the bills or afford the mortgage shouldn’t be a privilege in the United States of America; and for that simple reason I’m a Union Summer Intern. I’m a Union Summer Intern because I want to be part of the movement that is going to make the American Dream a reality again. I’m a Union Summer Intern because every worker - regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, documentation status or (dis)ability status - should have the right to a good job, a good job guaranteed by a union contract.
I know the work that my fellow interns and I will do this summer will not be easy, but it will be rewarding. I hope that as the summer progresses you'll continue to read this blog. After all, this isn’t just the blog of Union Summer Interns; it’s the blog of Union Summer Interns in Chicago. If history is any guide this promises to be an exciting summer.
My full name is Carlos Daniel Ramirez-Rosa, but I prefer to go by the somewhat "shorter" name of Carlos Daniel Rosa (my mother’s surname is Ramirez). My parents, Carlos and Margarita, are both first generation immigrants to this nation. Like the millions before them and the millions after them, they, and their parents, came seeking a better job and a better life. They found those jobs and secured a better life through employment at a unionized workplace. Growing up I was privileged to have parents that, due to unionization, had job security, health coverage, fair compensation, and dignity in the workplace. The food that was placed on my table, my affordable visits to the doctor and the stories my parents told me of the battles working people and their unions won (and lost) showed me the power of a united workforce and a union contract.
Growing up in a household where the parents are more concerned about what movie to take the kids to than how they’re going to pay the bills or afford the mortgage shouldn’t be a privilege in the United States of America; and for that simple reason I’m a Union Summer Intern. I’m a Union Summer Intern because I want to be part of the movement that is going to make the American Dream a reality again. I’m a Union Summer Intern because every worker - regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, documentation status or (dis)ability status - should have the right to a good job, a good job guaranteed by a union contract.
I know the work that my fellow interns and I will do this summer will not be easy, but it will be rewarding. I hope that as the summer progresses you'll continue to read this blog. After all, this isn’t just the blog of Union Summer Interns; it’s the blog of Union Summer Interns in Chicago. If history is any guide this promises to be an exciting summer.
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