What’s really going to blow your mind is when you realize that if you organize you could ultimately have any rights you want.

Talk to your co-workers about your pay and their pay. Even if it is just to get them comfortable being in a position of talking about their wants for a job openly. You’ll find you have a lot in common.

I helped my co-worker understand why he was due for a raise when I showed him our boss was paying skilled workers like him in the bottom 5% of the national average. He was an electrician making $32,000 yearly. Roughly $17 an hour. He was working a night job to put food on the table.

What I wasn’t prepared for was half a dozen electricians demanding a raise from my boss a few days later. And my boss denying my yearly raise.

I left the company shortly after to greener pastures. I regret nothing because they got their raises.