Workplace struggles are political
Marianne Garneau criticises the leftist idea of a separation between workplace struggles and politics. This article was first published on Organizing Work.
“The Rank and File Strategy”: A Syndicalist View - Tom Wetzel
Veteran activist and writer Tom Wetzel enters the wide ranging debate on the left around the “rank and file strategy” orientation to the labor movement. This piece is based on material in his forthcoming book from AK Press, Overcoming Capitalism, and was first published by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.
Workers in a lean world: unions in the international economy - Kim Moody
In this comprehensive study of current labour relations worldwide, Kim Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. He provides a measured assessment of multinational managements’ strategies to downsize, introduce flexible production and compel workers to accept less pay for more work. He emphasizes the need, in the face of these changes, for renewal and international coordination among national unions and provides examples, from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, of how this has been achieved.
Review: The American Working Class in Transition by Kim Moody - Root & Branch
Joel Stein reviews Kim Moody's book on the American working class in transition for Root & Branch No. 1, 1970, dealing in particular with Moody's take on the unions.
