Why Unions Matter

TruthOut by Seth Sandronsky | Apr. 12, 2009 (Review)

His "Why Unions Matter" sheds critical light on the US labor movement at a time of promise and peril, nationally and globally. The author's approach to organized labor in the world's most powerful nation is personal and political. He is no armchair theorist. Yates's aim and interest is not to dazzle readers with theory. Rather, he wants to empower ordinary people to see their history as a way to change themselves and the world for the better. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Media
Topics: Labor, Social Networks, Social Change
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 12, 2009 - 2:48 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Kevin Barry (review), Louise Auerhahn (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Apr 12, 2009 - 2:48 AM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 12, 2009

The book review provides portals into a book that examines labor organizations and social change. The topic is critical in an era when real wages have flattened at the same time as ascendant Republican politicians attacked unions successfully. Big corporate media and intimidated history texts omit news and views from labor.

The EFCA would help in organizing non-union workers. Whether working to elect Obama and other democrats was good strategy pivots somewhat on EFCA passage. There are indications that big corporations own too many Democrats in combination with their captive Republican toadies to allow passage.

Regrettably, American unions have all too often after World War II failed to maintain a broad social focus, instead devoting most if not all of their energy to members. More »

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Louise Auerhahn
3.9
 by Louise Auerhahn - Apr. 12, 2009
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2.9
 by Kevin Barry - Apr. 12, 2009
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