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Of Human Bondage: The Global Traffic in Disposable Labor
The international traffic in temporary workers is Capital's latest move to accumulate more wealth by lowering the price of labor.
Continue reading...Fighting to Win
Monday, June 25, 2012
"Reviving the Strike" argues that workers’ only real bargaining power is their ability to stop production and, to do this, workers must fight as a class. By abandoning these tactics, unions have lost their ability to defend the working class. Explains what it will take to revive the strike and regain lost ground.
Continue reading...“Civil Wars” Misses the Mark
Friday, September 23, 2011
"The Civil Wars in US Labor" chronicles the corruption, back-stabbing, power-grabbing, and opportunistic alliances that have characterized recent turf wars among American unions. Why did a generation of activists fail to democratize the unions, and what must we do differently to avoid repeating that failure?
Continue reading...Solidarity Divided: A Return to Class Politics?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
"Solidarity Divided" argues that unions must undergo a fundamental transformation to champion the interests of the entire working class. Is this possible?
Continue reading...Book Review: Solidarity Divided
Monday, July 27, 2009
by Immanuel Ness - Solidarity Divided is the first major work to address seriously - without personal attacks and exaggeration - the 2005 crisis and split of organized labor.
Continue reading...WE are the Union
Monday, February 23, 2009
by Eileen Prendiville -- The workers in UHW/NUHW remind us that the power of any union lies in the collective strength of its members. This message is sorely needed by a labor movement reeling from years of defeat.
Continue reading...War in the House of Labor
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Two major unions, CNA and SEIU, are locked in battle. Should we take sides or support rank-and-file unity? (See postscript on recent CNA/SEIU merger)
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