Labor in the 21st Century
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Response to Nick Unger’s “Unions as Consciousness Builders – Part 2”
On July 3rd, we posted Part II of Nick Unger’s series on union structures, labor history and union member consciousness. As with the first installment, the responses have been rolling in. Here’s a sampling: From Martin Morand, Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Labor Relations, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Nick is painfully correct — as far as…
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Another go-round on Unions as Consciousness Builders – Part 2: Hello & Goodbye with Far too little In Between
By Nick Unger Why would one expect American unions to foster a broad insurgent culture? The legal framework, political and organizational for today’s unions goes back almost 80 years. It has always encouraged a culture of accommodation with the needs of production, output and efficiency and discouraged a broad insurgent culture of conflict, turmoil and…
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Readers Responses to: Thoughts on Union Structures, Labor History And Union Member Consciousness
Last week we posted a piece from Nick Unger about union structures, labor history and union member consciousness. Below, you can find seven responses from readers of The Murphy Institute Blog. Stay tuned for Part 2 of Nick Unger’s Series, coming soon. From Gene Carroll at The Worker Institute at Cornell A few years back…
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Thoughts on Union Structures, Labor History And Union Member Consciousness
By Nick Unger Introduction “Insurgent movements are not the product of hard times; they are the product of insurgent cultures.” Lawrence Goodwyn, The Populist Moment The generation that builds it really gets it; they were there. But what of those who come later? How do they get the word? This is not a problem unique…
