Tag Archives: labor movement

Why Evangelicals Matter to the Labor Movement

Posted on August 29, 2016 by

Conventional wisdom tells us that all evangelicals must be anti-union because they are theologically and politically conservative. Therefore, you might assume, labor has nothing to gain from the sixty two million adult adherents of evangelicalism in the U.S. Yet evangelicals … Continue reading →

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Will “Accompanying” Work as an Organizing Principle?

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

Liberals and progressives have generally seen union and community organizing as the best tools to resist corporate power and provide the working class with a political voice.  But in this era of neoliberalism, these traditional models of organizing have lost … Continue reading →

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The Future of Labor Unions and Community Coalitions

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Over the last 30 years, the American labor movement has periodically gone through wrenching discussions of its failures to organize new workers and grow its membership. See, for example,  “The Changing Situation of Workers and Their Unions” (February, 1985), “New … Continue reading →

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Can California Dreaming Remain a Vital Part of the Future of American Labor?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Over the last decades in the most cynical hours in the latest nights of the seediest barrooms and meeting halls where organizers would inevitably gather to cry in their beer and gnash their teeth about the prospects for our movement … Continue reading →

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Mourning and Organizing

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

The story has been told, and told, and told again.  A century ago this week, on March 25th, 2011, more than 500 sewing machine operators, mostly Jewish and Italian immigrants, were working on the 9th floor of the Asch building … Continue reading →

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Unions, Democrats, and Working-Class Interests

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

The labor movement has historically been the most effective representative of working-class interests.  The short list of labor’s achievements include ending child labor; establishing the eight-hour day and minimum and “living” wages, unemployment insurance and workers compensation, occupational safety and … Continue reading →

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The House is on Fire

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

A few weeks ago, Charlie Rose facilitated a discussion about the perils of the U.S. national debt among a thoughtful, articulate group of one politician, two businessmen, and two economists.  Except for a brief discussion of the bond market, I … Continue reading →

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