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![]() Organizing "The Organized"
Early, Steve
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/29/organizing-the-organized/Date Written: 2014-08-29 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2014 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX16702 For many years, American unions have been trying to “organize of the unorganized” to offset, and, where possible, reverse their steady loss of dues-paying membership. In union circles, a distinction was often made between that "external organizing" – to recruit workers who currently lack collective bargaining rights – and "internal organizing," which involves engaging more members in contract fights and other forms of collective action aimed at strengthening existing bargaining units. Subject Headings |