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Practice involuntary recognition
Garneau, Marianne
http://organizing.work/2022/10/practice-involuntary-recognition/Date Written: 2022-10-18 Publisher: Organizing Work Year Published: 2022 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24841 An old pamplet holds some contemporary wisdom, argues Marianne Garneau. She advocates for "involuntary recognition," in which workers force employers to recognize the union outside the boundaries drawn by labour law. Abstract: - Excerpt: "Recognition is all we want. We're not on strike for higher wages or shorter hours. All we want is for the company to recognize the union and sign the scale." Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Very important, too; this matter of recognition. The workers can get it, too; just as they can get anything else they want, when they go at it in the right way. The way to get recognition from the employers is the same as the way to get any other concessions from them compel it. Take it by the strong hand. That can't be done very well by one little craft union going out on strike while three or four other little craft unions in the employ of the same company stick to their jobs, or by all the little craft unions going out while the unorganized laborers around the mill stick to their jobs and if need be are ready to take a hand at filling the strikers' places. The way to get recognition for the union is to get a union that the bosses can't help recognizing, one that organizes all the workers in any industry into the same union, one that ties up the whole plant when there is a strike, one that says, "An injury to one is the concern of all." Subject Headings |