Little Rock Sometimes it helps to get a gentle reminder of what we know, but don’t always practice. At our union we live and breathe “majority unionism” by which we mean trying to organize as many workers as we can, in as many ways as we can, with or without demanding direct recognition or collective …
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Union Membership Continues to Tank in USA, Time for “Majority Unionism”
New Orleans The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the figures on union membership and density for 2014 and for workers in general. The good news is that there are more jobs and more people are working. The same ol,’ same ol,’ bad news is that the weakening labor movement in the United States has …
UAW Embracing Opportunity a “Patient” Strategy in the South
Paris I spent hours in London in very interesting discussions about how community organizing and worker organizing could more effectively blend together to produce growth and power in both areas. This is exciting stuff. Large unions in the United Kingdom are gradually embracing the potential of community organizing though not quite sure what to make …