Source: Joe Richard, Jacobin, August 18, 2017
In the wake of the UAW’s loss at Nissan, it’s clear that the dominant strategies for winning a union aren’t working. ….
…. The labor movement should see this moment as a wake up call, and launch a frank discussion about what works and what doesn’t, and what kind of strategies unions should adopt if they ever hope to regrow their strength, let alone expand into regions beyond the traditional bastions of union strength. Given the crushing defeat of the Machinists at Boeing and the UAW at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TN in the past few years, there’s urgency to the discussion — particularly to organizing the solidly anti-union South. ….
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