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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results113 Connexions Library10 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library 8 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Battle to Unionize Starbucks in Chile: an Interview with Andrés Giordano Salazar Fridell, Gavin Article 2016 After six years of intense battles, two strikes, a hunger strike, and four legal sentences for anti-union activities, Starbucks reluctantly agreed to sign a collective agreement with unionized workers... Beating Back the Corporate Attack: Socialism and the struggle for global justice  Clement, Chris; La Botz, Dan; Luce, Stephanie; Post, Charlie Book 2000 Our movement is calling for a new direction -- for democratic control of our political life, and for democratic control over the most important aspects of the economy. Why should handful of the super-... Cambodia: Labor and the Coup Phillips, Joshua E.S.; Robinson, Ian Article 1998 IN THE FACE of a repressive and dangerous environment, workers are on the move in Cambodia. Though Americans heard little about it, the emergence of an independent labor movement was one of the most p... Canada: Activists Face the Future: Against The Current vol. 91 Moorsom, Toby Article 2001 Electoral politics present challenging problems for labor movements all over the world. In the absence of strong working class parties, labor activists are often compelled to support parties that impl... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 1 - February 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers, and the Question of Unions in Contemporary Capitalism: Review of Frank Bardacke, Trampling Out The Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers Article 2013 Bardacke tells the story of one movement’s evolution from grassroots obscurity to such (relatively little-known) successes as the Salinas Valley (California) general strike of lettuce pickers in 1979—... The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old? Early, Steve Book 2011 Steve Early explains why and how the 2008-2010 battles within the progressive wing of the U.S. labour movement occurred. Columbia's Paramilitary Politics: Against The Current vol. 135 Gill, Lesley Article 2008 In a surprise move in the early morning of May 13th, Colombian President Álvaro Uríbe announced the extradition of fourteen top paramilitary leaders to the United States, where they are charged with c... Community Organising - A New Part of the Union Goulding, Richard Article 2012 A look at Unite’s community union organizing. Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 7, Number 2 - May 1982 - Canada-Latin America/Le Canada-L'Amerique Latine Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Connexions: Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Annual 1994: A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1994 Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series... Connexions Library: Labour and Unions Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on labour and unions. Connexions Library: Organizing Focus Page Website Selected articles from the Connexions Online Library. Cooperation at Work: The Mondragon Experience Bradley, Keith; Gelb, Alan Book 1983 A guide to work co-operatives, based on the experience of the Mondragon group of co-operatives in Spain. Cracking the Canadian Formula: The Making of the Energy and Chemical Workers Union Roberts, Wayne Book 1990 DARE's Struggles in Rhode Island: Against The Current vol. 110 Buhle, Paul Article 2004 Let's start in a scene from last summer that will be familiar, not exactly but approximately, to many older readers: the labor awards banquet. The setting is a "casino"— in the 1880s sense of a banqu... Dubai Labor Fighting Back Vs. Indentured Globalization: Against The Current vol. 132 Francis, Vicky Article 2008 October, 2007 saw the government of the United Arab Emirates halfway through a "humane" immigration amnesty which, in turn, paved the way for a clampdown on labour. In November a huge strike wave erup... Everything's on the Line at AAM: Against The Current vol. 134 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The strike of 3,600 UAW-represented workers at American Axle and Manufacturing plants in Michigan and New York has forced the idling of more than 40,000 workers in 30 GM plants and shut down a number ... Fast food rights: organising the unorganised Sherry, Julie Article 2017 The experience from the examples of organising the unorganised both in the US and UK demonstrate that it is possible to develop union organisation; significant examples are discussed in this article, ... Fighting for Union Autonomy: Mexican Miners On Strike: Against The Current vol. 122 La Botz, Dan Article 2006 On April 20 eight hundred state and federal police launched an assault on 500 striking workers who had been occupying a steel mill in Lázaro Cárdenas. Two were killed, five seriously injured and 40... For Workers' Climate Action: Climate Change and Working-Class Struggle Hampton, Paul Article 2015 A new collection of articles and reviews on the fight against dangerous climate change, capitalism and workers' organisation and struggle. Urges the left to reach out to climate activists to make the ... Getting Organized: Building A Union Cornish, Mary; Ritchie, Laurell Book 1980 Comprehensive guide to the process of unionization and certification.
See also: CX2072.
Martin and Jessie Glaberman Collection: Papers, 1939-2001 Glaberman, Martin & Jessie Unclassified The papers of the Marxist radicals Martin Glaberman and Jessie Glaberman, now housed at Wayne State University. Goodbye "Norma Rae": Eulogy for Crystal Lee Sutton, Labor Hero Macaray, David Article 2009 Crystal Lee Sutton was a genuine hero. She will forever be remembered as one of the champions of organized labor, right up there with the Joe Hills, Bill Haywoods and Emma Goldmans. Guide to taking strike action: Tips and advice on how to effectively organise and carry out strike action at your workplace. Article 2006 Our labour is the ultimate weapon that workers possess. Without workers bosses cannot make a profit. Strike action can be very powerful, but at the same time it, at the very least, reduces take home p... Having the Hard Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Fight for 15, labour's crisis of strategy, and the difference between organizing and mobilizing McAlevey, Jane; Rozworski, Michael Article 2015 An interview with labour organizer Jane McAlevey on labour's crisis of strategy and the difference between organizing and mobilizing. McAlevey discusses what ails the labour movement, problem with the... An Interview with Patricia Campbell: Against The Current vol. 123 Finkel, David Article 2006 Patricia Campbell is President of the Irish Independent Workers Union (IWU), an independent trade union and social movement in both the north and south of Ireland. She is a deputy editor of the journa... Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?: Sources News Release Article 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Just Another Cog in the Machine Wood, John (Director) Film/Video 2009 Using wordplay & a photocopier to promote starting a union. The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... Labor on the Ropes: Against The Current vol. 135 Leyshon, Traven Article 2008 In U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition, Kim Moody focuses on why the organized labor movement went into decline and points to potential signs of revival. The author’s explanation begins with the wors... Labor Organizing Across Israel's Apartheid Line: An Interview with Israeli Labor Activist Yoav Tamir Balthaser, Benjamin Article 2016 Yoav Tamir is an organizer with the new Israeli labour union, Workers Advice Center, or WAC-MANN. WAC-MAAN was founded in the late 1990s as (as its name might suggest) a workers' advice center, and be... The Labor Party in the Big Picture Slaughter, Jane; Ward, Rodney Article 1999 THE LABOR PARTY convention was inspiring. At the Detroit chapter's report-back meeting, locked-out newspaper workers talked about how good it felt to be in a convention hall where everyone would supp... Labor Politics in Action, 1901-1911: The Union Labor Party of San Francisco: Against The Current vol. 81 Perry, Hayden Article 1999 In 1900 San Francisco had an organized labor movement that reflected the unique development of this metropolis of the West. San Francisco did not experience the slow and steady growth of Chicago and o... Labour Spies: Connexipedia Article Article Labor spies are persons recruited or employed for the purpose of gathering intelligence, committing sabotage, sowing dissent, or engaging in other similar activities, typically within the context of a... Labor's Disaster at American Axle: Against The Current vol. 137 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The 87-day strike earlier this year at American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) ended in a rout that has devastating implications for the organized U.S. labor movement. Begun on a snowy morning early Febru... Lessons from small shop organizing Rinaldi, Lou Article 2013 A significant amount of organizing experience in the IWW comes from working in relatively small workplaces such as stand-alone single shops or franchises of multiple smaller shops. These places presen... Life After Death for Labor? Cohen, David Book 2015 A review of Stanley Aronowitz's book "The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement." Life Support for Labor? Schafer, Meredith Article 2015 The Debate Over how to save the labour movement suffers from a serious deficit of books written by organizers. Rarely do we get an entire book by someone who has been organizing for four decades, and ... Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. The Long Haul: An autobiography Horton, Myles Book 1990 Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for over sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, including... Marx et Makhno a la rencontre de McDonald's Goldner, Loren Article 2005 A Paris, les travailleurs précaires qui sont sortis vaniqueurs de plusieurs grèves en ont perud d'autres avec les honneurs à cause des méthodes à la fois légales et illégales des syndicats et des ultr... Marx and Makhno Meet McDonald's Goldner, Loren Article 2005 Over the last several years, a revolving network of militants in Paris, France, have developed a strategy and tactics for winning strikes by marginal, low-paid, outsourced and immigrant workers agains... Los Mexicanos: The Struggle for Justice of Patricia Perez Latour, Charles (Director) Film/Video 2009 Every year, some 4000 migrant foreign workers coming mostly from Mexico, labour in Quebec farms to plant and pick our vegetables. In the summer of 2006, Patricia Perez a pro-union militant speaking fo... Migrant Workers Fight Exploitation in New Zealand Treen, Mike Article 2013 Unite Union has dealt with several cases of extreme exploitation of migrant workers. It seems that some of the liquor shops around Auckland have been employing students from India and paying a pittanc... Mining History Written in Blood Sandronsky, Seth Article 2018 Domestic coal mining history above and below ground lives on the pages of Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction edited by Wess Harris (PM Press, 2017). The anth... Monographs on the Portuguese Article 1975 A collection of analytical essays on the Portugese immigrant community in Toronto. More than one way to strike Diemer, Ulli Article 1978 Rather than simply walk away from their vehicles, drivers could keep driving, but refuse to collect fares. This puts pressure on the employer without inconveniencing riders. New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class-Struggle Unionism Immanuel, Ness (ed) Book 2014 A book that compiles workers struggles on a global basis, examining the formation and expansion of radical unions in the Global South and Global North. The New Worker Organizing Garvey, John Article 2013 Many, perhaps most, worker center–based organizing projects focused on workers in low-wage jobs, are conducted with the active support and, often enough, leadership provided by a variety of community-... The Nine-Hour Movement: How civil disobedience made unions legal Nesbitt, Doug Article 2013 From today’s strike-first strategy of fast food workers in America, to the 1965 postal workers wildcat which ushered in public sector collective bargaining, civil disobedience has long been essential ... On workplace organisation Article 1997 A look at the exchange between Stan Weir and Sam Friedman on workplace organisation. Organizers Worth Their Salt: "Let's drink to the hard working people; Let's drink to the salt of the Earth" Slaughter, Jane Article 2014 A few unions are recruiting salts these days, usually young people who apply for low-wage jobs in retail, hospitality, or logistics. But unions are reluctant to talk about salting, not wanting to aler... Organizing In Mexico: It's Tough, Often Brutal, And It Means Taking On The State Article 2016 The system in Mexico operates to the detriment of independent unions. Although the Mexican system of labour relations initially conferred real benefits on workers and peasants whose organizations supp... Organizing "The Organized" Early, Steve Article 2014 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 w... Organizing The Unorganized is the key to building the Union Article 1981 This article comments on a policy paper presented for discussion at the 1981 UEW conference in Montreal. Organizing Unions Cornish, Mary; Spink, Lynn Book 1994 How to form or build a union. Shows how to strength organizing drives by responding to the concerns of all workers, including women, immigrant workers, people of colour, workers with disabilities, leb... Organizing with Love: Lessons from the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campaign Poo, Ai-jen Article 2010 Great organizing campaigns are like great love affairs. You begin to see life through a different lens. You change in unexpected ways. You lose sleep, but you also feel boundless energy. You develop n... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 15, 2015: Workers' Health and Safety Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 The topic of the week is Workers' Health and Safety. Articles on why environmentalists should support working class struggles; whistleblowers; the appalling death rate from U.S. drone strikes; the mur... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 12, 2015: Organizing Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 The focus of this issue is organizing. How can we challenge and overcome entrenched structures of economic and political power? Our own source of power is our latent ability to join together and work ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2015: Urban agriculture and local food production Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices ranges widely, from increasing worker activism and strikes in China, to advances in battery technology that make it much easier and cheaper to store solar and wind energy fo... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 16, 2016: Working class organizing Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Working to change things for the better, fighting to prevent things from getting worse, remembering the past to illuminate possibilities for the future: as always, that is the focus of Other Voices. I... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 5, 2016: International Women's Day Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 In this issue of Other Voices, we mark International Women's Day. An article written by Alexandra Kollontai in 1920 talks about the early history of this event, which grew out of a proposal put forwar... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 17, 2017: Collective Memory and Cultural Amnesia Diemer, Ulli Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Our society is obsessed with the short-term present. It devalues memory and the past. But there are those who do remember, and who work to preserve and share our collective memory. But they have to co... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 17, 2018: Hearts and Minds: How do People Change? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 How can we reach the millions we need to reach and engage if fundamental change is to happen? How can we accomplish the essential task of persuading a majority of the population that a fundamental soc... The Pittsburgh Reds, 1911-1914: Revolutionary Socialists in Allegheny County: Against The Current vol. 81 Hudson, Mark Article 1999 The Socialist Party of America reached the peak of its strength and influence in 1912. In that year, the party could claim 118,000 members, and 879,000 American voters (about 6% of the total) cast the... Plunderbund and Proletariat: A History of the IWW in B.C. Scott, Jack Book 1975 A history of working class struggle from the workers' perspective. Promoting your union: Six strategies to get more organizing leads and union members Mann, Jason Book Promoting Your Union is a book to help union organizers get more organizing leads, create outreach plans to bring in new members and build the power of their unions. The ideas in this book are based o... A Proposal to American Labor: 'Open source unionism' could reinvigorate American labor in the age of the Internet Freeman, Richard B.; Rogers, Joel Article 2002 The authors posit that union membership is too restricted by the requirement that unions have majority support in the workplace. They believe that pro-union workers who are a minority in their workpla... Queer Activism in the Labor Movement Smith, Sara R. Article 2015 In the 1970s, Teresa Rankin kept her sexual orientation private while organizing textile workers at J.P. Stevens in North Carolina. When the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) offe... Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement McAlevey, Jane Book 2014 Today, fewer than 7% of American private-sector workers belong to a union and public employee collective bargaining has been dealt devastating blows in Wisconsin and elsewhere. This book argues that l... Rank and File: Personal Histories of Working Class Organizers Lynd, Alice; Lynd, Staughton (eds.) Book 1973 A collection of stories and recollections from labour movement organizers. A Reluctant Memoir of the '50s and '60s: Against The Current vol. 134 Le Blanc, Paul Article 2008 I have been asked to write a memoir that would give a sense of the old left/new left realities of the 1950s and ‘60s. That seems quite odd to me (why would I be writing such a thing?), until I look in... Review Essay: Reutherism Redux: Against The Current vol. 112 Early, Steve Article 2004 Despite stepped-up union recruitment, farm workers and poultry processors still haven't taken over the AFL-CIO. But the old guard's fear of being swamped by low-wage workers—expressed by this AFT del... Seeds of Peace Kloer, Andre & Broos, Maaike (Directors) Film/Video 2009 Jawdat Talousy worked in a Jewish Settlement located on the West Bank. He was fired because he established a labour committee in order to get equal labour rights as Israeli co-workers. Social Movements/Social Change: The Politics and Practice of Organizing - Socialist Studies 4 Cunningham, Frank; Findlay, Sue; Kadar, Marlene, et.al. Book 1988 This collection of essays covers movements related to labour, ecology, childcare, peace, disability, gay rights, and access to abortion. Strike Friday at Amazon.it Cillo, Rossana; Pradella, Lucia Article 2017 Amazon workers at the Castel San Giovanni hub launched their first strike on Black Friday 2017. The facility is Amazon's largest in Italy, where the retail giant employs up to four thousand workers, l... Strike Lessons from the Last Twenty-Five Years: Walking Out and Winning: Against The Current vol. 124 Early, Steve Article 2006 Labor's strike effectiveness and organizational strength have long been connected. Throughout history, work stoppages have been used for economic and political purposes, to alter the balance of power ... Strike strategy today Goulet, Tim Article 2016 Why has the use of the strike in the US become so scarce? While subjective factors are more difficult to quantify, certain basic reasons seem more readily evident. Union membership, particularly in th... They Are Still Killing Trade Union Leaders: Global Capital's Death Squads and Night-Riders Macaray, David Article 2012 Question: So what happens these days in developing countries when a prominent, charismatic union activist - with the courage to stand up to sinister, government-supported business groups who have, on ... Towards Workers' Climate Action: Book review Leyshon, Traven Article 2016 A review of a book and a pamphlet by Paul Hampton, both on the urgent need for workers' action on climate change. A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 Slaughter, Jane (ed.) Book A manual for workers who want to take control over their lives at work. In hundreds of first-person accounts, workers tell in their own words how they organized and struggled to do that. 25 Years After the Gdansk Uprising: Against The Current vol. 121 Weissman, Suzi Article 2006 Suzi Weissman interviews David Ost. The occupation of the Gdansk shipyard by Polish workers in 1980, demanding recognition of their independent trade union Solidarnosc, rocked the Eastern bloc and ins... The UAW vs. Indian Casinos: Which Side Are You On Boys Macaray, David Article 2011 The issues raised by Indian gambling casinos and their opposition to labour unions. An Unauthorized Biography of the World: Oral History on the Front Lines Riordon, Michael Book 2004 This book uses oral history to discuss oral history. It is in memoir style, and delves into how oral history is done in such places as First Nations (Canada), Turkey, Chicago, Newfoundland, Peru, New ... Union organizer: Connexipedia Article Article A union organizer is a union representative who "organizes" or unionizes non-union companies or worksites. U.S. Labor's Subterranean Fire: Against The Current vol. 131 Post, Charlie Article 2007 The broad outlines of the crisis of the U.S. labor movement -— sharply declining union density, concession bargaining, failures to organize the growing non-union manufacturing and service sectors, the... Wal-Mart's Real Cost: Against The Current vol. 121 Figueroa, Meleiza Article 2006 The long-brewing struggle between retail giant Wal-Mart and those concerned with reforming its corporate practices burst onto the mainstream consciousness of the American public this past November. An... 'We are not from another planet': Justice 4 Cleaners campaign and the struggle for recognition Ojeda, Luis Armando; Munoz, Patricia; Bhandar, Brenna; Matias, Ezequiel; Zalacain, Kramer Article 2014 The ongoing struggle of the SOAS Cleaners for acceptable working conditions and equality in the workplace. What's Left of Queer?: Immigration, Sexuality, and Affect in a Neoliberal World Nair, Yasmin Article 2012 We need to refuse the narratives of abjection that are routinely forced upon us. They only render us immobile creatures, begging for help. We are all neoliberals now. We're all selling our bodies, our... When Hate Groups Come to Town: A Handbook of Model Community Responses Williams, Randall; Wells, Lyn (eds.) Article 1986 A handbook for dealing with hate groups in communities across North America, dealing with the nature of such groups and how they work and how communities can band together to combat them. When the UAW Was Young: Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 An interview with Erwin and Estar Baur. The Whistle-Blower as Deep Mole: Spying on Malfeasance Macaray, David Article 2014 There’s an intriguing idea based loosely on the turn-of-the-century union practice of "salting" a workplace. Salting consists of union activists secretly hiring into an anti-union shop in order to pro... Who Advocates Spontaneity? Brecher, Jeremy Article 1973 The working class can come to understand its power to act only by acting.
The Winter of our Discontent: Experiences Organizing Nursing Homes Burcher, Betty; Donner, Lissa Article 1973 An account by two nursing home workers describing their jobs and their successful efforts to organize unions at their workplaces.
Published in Issue #2 (1973) on the New Tendency newsletter. Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back Yates, Michael D. Book 2012 A collection of essays describing the working class uprising that occurred in Wisconsin, in February and early March of 2011. A Word to Say: The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union Calhoun, Sue Book 1991 An account of how inshore fishermen, most of them Acadian, came together to take control of their industry and their livelihood and form the Maritime Fishermen's Union. Workers and Trade Unions for Climate Solidarity: Tackling climate change in a neoliberal world Hampton, Paul Book 2015 Paul Hampton, a Marxist trade union researcher in Britain, addresses the role of workers in the climate justice movement, as well as the tasks of revolutionaries. A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be: Against The Current vol. 133 Early, Steve Article 2008 As a 35-year veteran of union activity in America, I can personally attest that Tony Mazzocchi of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) was a rare bird, perhaps the last of his kind. The WTO's Nude World Order: Against The Current vol. 85 Resnick, Bill Article 2000 It got intoxicating that Tuesday (Nov. 30, `99) in Seattle, without chemical assist. That capitalist machine that has looked so mighty and irresistible, for that day was stopped and defeated. Seattle... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBreak Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. Bullet, The Publication of the Socialst Project. Articles on socialism, labour, democracy, neoliberalism and the environment. Confederation of Canadian Unions To promote the study, defense and development of the economic, social and moral interests of all workers in Canada.
The CCU is building a democratic labour movement, where rank and file members reall... Connexions Archive & Library The Connexions Archive & Library is Toronto-based project dedicated to keeping alive the rich history of grassroots movements for social justice.
Connexions preserves 'alternative' histories that r... Labor Notes Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
Through our magazine, website, books, conf... LaborNet Global online communication for a democratic, independent labor movement. Labour/Le Travail A bilingual journal holding no rigid position on the definition of labour. The editorial board hopes to foster imaginative approaches to both teaching and research in labour studies through an open ex... Maquila Solidarity Network/Ethical Trading Action Group The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights organization that supports the efforts of workers in global supply chains to win improved wages and working conditions and a better ... Marxists Internet Archive Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
News and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryLabor Organizing in a Lean World: Workers of the World Unite? - Book Review Armbruster-Sandoval, Ralph 1999 Workers in A Lean World. Unions in the International Economy by Kim Moody (Verso, 1997). Paperback $20.
Labour spies Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Labour spies are persons recruited or employed for the purpose of gathering intelligence, committing sabotage, sowing dissent, or engaging in other similar activities, typically within the context of ... From the Connexions ArchivesThe Great Flint Sit-Down Strike Against G.M. 1936-37 How Trade Unionism was Won Linder, Walter Article A history of the Flint strike (1936-1937). Labour in an Affluent Society Fox, Steve; Kissinger, C. Clark; Mull, Brenda Article Put together by the Radical Education Project, this paper includes the following articles: "WILDCAT: anatomy of a work stoppage" by Steve Fox; "THE BRUNS STRIKE: a case study of student participation ... Labour's Side Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Labour's Side is a newsletter published four times a year by the Nova Scotia Labour Research and Support Centre "to inform our readers about labour struggles in the province." Marxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. |
