Democracy, density and transformation: We need them all

Article Abstract:

The debate between the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) pitting union density against democracy will not help in coming up with solutions to the ongoing decline of the labor movement. Density, democracy and transformation are needed since democracy is a stimulant to labor and with the current political moment of corporate globalization it is essential that a political transformation of the movement will take place.

Service Employees International Union

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The Communications Workers of America experience with "open-source unionism"

Article Abstract:

The method of 'open-source unionism' (OSU) to elevate the labor movement from the crisis into which it has fallen in which unions would be open to those who desire union representation and advice at their workplace and the various services that unions can provide mainly through Internet is evaluated by conducting a case study of Communications of Workers of American (CWA). The study revealed that only the practice of innovative ways is found to represent the members that could be termed as open unionism.

Communications Workers of America

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The legacy of the Hoboes: What rebel workers today can learn from the footloose Wobblies of yesteryear

Article Abstract:

Hoboes in their day were considered a problem by police, capitalists, politicians, socialists, and much more, as the homeless are considered in today's time but the Hoboes were much different from today's homeless. Hoboes, especially Wobbly hoboes, had an organization and a spirit of solidarity and therefore a sense of power.

Public affairs, Social aspects, History, Tramps, Industrial Workers of the World, Organization overview

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