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:: Saturday, April 05, 2003 ::
Labor Notes - Labor Needs a New Approach to Organizing ... But Members Must Be a Part of It The labor movement certainly needs a new approach to organizing. Such a plan can succeed only if the 15 million union members are part of the discussion and the decision-making. Lerner calls for key unions to begin to act on his plan and swap members (or just take them) without waiting for the rest of the labor movement. Here are some alternative actions:
1. Cut salaries of union officials so that they earn the same pay as their members, and use the saved money for organizing.
2. Democratize the unions so that locals control their own affairs and are workplace-based. Eliminate mammoth amalgamated locals that make democratic functioning impossible. Make staff serve the members, not run the unions.------------------------------------------- posted 10:41 AM :: reference link ::
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