I’m a stagehand and video tech at a major nonprofit theater in New Jersey. We’ve been making $18.50/hour since 2014 — meanwhile, the execs have been stacking six-figure salaries with tens of thousands in unexplained “other compensation.”
I’m not a lawyer. I’m not a union rep. Just a guy with a band, a day job, and access to ChatGPT.
I started feeding IRS 990 forms, grant docs, and public filings into GPT. With its help, I built a financial audit from scratch — breaking down raises, bonuses, and potential violations tied to public funding and DEI commitments.
Then I went on strike. Alone. No union. Just me and the facts.
And guess what? Management caved — they scheduled a meeting to discuss wages. But I’m still striking. I won’t step into that room until they send me a real offer in writing.
I’m posting this because I believe what I did can be replicated by other workers. AI is a new toolset for blue-collar folks to fight smarter — to self-organize, expose injustice, and demand better.
I wrote it all up in detail, with receipts in my substack article
I’m hoping Reddit does what it does best — amplify stories that need to be heard. If this blows up and puts pressure on the execs? Good. If it sparks something bigger? Even better.
AMA if you’re curious about how I did it or want to do it yourself.
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