RSS

Tag Archive | "SEIU"

“Civil Wars” ignores the political lessons

Friday, September 23, 2011

1 Comment

“Civil Wars” ignores the political lessons

"The Civil Wars in US Labor" does not explain why a generation of activists failed to democratize the unions and what the next generation of activists must do differently to avoid repeating that failure.

Continue reading...

Solidarity Divided: A Return to Class Politics?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

7 Comments

Solidarity Divided: A Return to Class Politics?

by Susan Rosenthal - "Solidarity Divided" calls for a return to the class-struggle politics that originally built the unions. However, these politics did not come from the unions, but from the socialists who were active inside of them.

Continue reading...

Book Review: Solidarity Divided

Monday, July 27, 2009

2 Comments

Book Review: Solidarity Divided

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

2 Comments

WE are the Union

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

6 Comments

War in the House of Labor

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)

Continue reading...