http://www.clc-ctc.ca/ Canadian Labor Congress has much to proffer labor learning and organizing South of the border. http://www.fairlabor.org/labor-standards Fair Labor Association fights for and seeks to insure proper definition and promulgation of decent standards in the world’s workplaces. http://www.uniglobalunion.org/about-us Global Union…
Who Lost Chattanooga? The UAW Failure at VW
By Steve Benton(At-Large Steering Committee member from Atlanta, Georgia) Many postmortems regarding the union organizing failure at the VW plant in Chattanooga have focused on the aggressive anti-union resistance that swarmed into town ahead of the election to undermine what…
Like Trees Standing by the Water…
Many folks with whom I’ve spoken over the past few days, in the parlance of the hills around here, have “been mad enough to eat iron and spit nails.” The loss of a shot at Union representation in Chattanooga—just over…
Writers Without Issues Have Nothing to Say
AN INTRODUCTORY POSTING Before beginning today’s blog proper, the first of a twice-monthly post entitled “A Writer Without Issues Has Nothing to Say,” I wanted to introduce myself and say a few words about process and approach. My name is…
Blazing a Union Trail Through the Thickets of Time
AN INTRODUCTORY POSTING Before beginning today’s blog proper, the first of a twice-monthly post entitled “Blazing a Union Trail Through the Thickets of Time,” I wanted to introduce myself and say a few words about process and approach. My name…