The idea that workers should organise other workers is hardly a new one.
What America’s labour resurgence can teach unions abroad
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Unionisation
1973 STRIKES – BIRTH OF NEW UNIONS
TWO THOUSAND BLACK WORKERS at Coronation Brick and Tile in Durban went on strike in January 1973. They could not know that their action to demand a modest wage increase would ultimately transform workers’ struggle in South Africa. They launched a process of concerted...
WE ARE THE UNION
A successful 10-week strike by Student Workers of Columbia displayed the power of an insurgent rank-and-file. SINCE THE 1970s, WORKER participation in labour unions in the United States has been in serious decline. In 1954, a high of over 28% of all US workers...
Peter Waterman Responds to Martin Legassick
Brian? Martin? Or both? Or are these one and the same? No matter. I am flattered by the amount of effort you put into refuting my 'very weak' book and response to Trevor. I am, however, disappointed that the response amounts to reiteration of Marxist-Leninist...
U.S. labor in the crisis: Resistance or retreat?
THE ELECTION of Barack Obama last November seemed to promise a new era for organized labor. With Obama in the White House and a solid Democratic majority in Congress, it appeared that unions would finally be able to get action on their main legislative agenda—passage...