{"id":3295,"date":"2025-02-28T19:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/life-style\/the-peoples-union-usas-economic-blackout-organizer-served-jail-time-on-sex-charge\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T19:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:52:10","slug":"the-peoples-union-usas-economic-blackout-organizer-served-jail-time-on-sex-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/life-style\/the-peoples-union-usas-economic-blackout-organizer-served-jail-time-on-sex-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Union USA\u2019s \u2018Economic Blackout\u2019 Organizer Served Jail Time on Sex Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Schwarz says on his website biography that he lives in the Midwest. (A P.O. box in Ringwood, Ill., is listed on the People\u2019s Union USA website.) On social media, he goes by TheOneCalledJai and has directed supporters of his organization to follow his personal accounts under the same name as he sells merchandise and solicits donations for the People\u2019s Union USA on GoFundMe, collecting more than $93,000 as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The money from the GoFundMe will be used for \u201cbuilding the website, pushing this movement forward, and working toward officially unionizing and forming a nonprofit,\u201d according to the People\u2019s Union USA website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The site also promises transparency about where the money will go, listing about $5,000 in expenses thus far on largely administrative needs, including website domain costs and a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office fee. The website promises to offer regular updates. It was last updated on Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Schwarz said on his group\u2019s website that the profits from People\u2019s Union USA merchandise will \u201cgo toward future operational costs, including payroll, expansion, and ensuring this movement keeps growing and thriving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the movement has pushed for people to support small businesses in the United States, the merchandise is being sold through a drop-shipping company. Mr. Schwarz said he is working to shift the group\u2019s merchandise operation to a local business in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI have not taken a penny of that money for myself,\u201d Mr. Schwarz said of the GoFundMe money. \u201cWe\u2019re selling T-shirts, and I\u2019m using the money for that to pay for the person who needs to go to all the emails that are coming in, because I will not touch the GoFundMe for that, even though I technically could. It says administration and things like that, but I don\u2019t want to. I want all of those funds, the people\u2019s funds, to go right to what we\u2019re building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Friday\u2019s boycott is one of several the People\u2019s Union USA has planned for the coming months, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Kirsten Noyes<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/style\/john-schwarz-peoples-union-economic-blackout.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Schwarz says on his website biography that he lives in the Midwest. (A P.O. box in Ringwood, Ill., is listed on the People\u2019s Union USA website.) 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