Are U.S. Unions Ready for the Challenges of a New Period?

In: New politics: a journal of socialist thought, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 28-33

Abstract

A discussion of the potential for revival of the US labor union movement notes encouraging signs like President Obama's commitment to passage of the Employee Free Choice Act; the appointment of union friendly people to Cabinet posts; & a shift in the public mood away from faith in markets/business leaders. Other issues explored include the impact of mergers; differences between public & private sector unions; & the need for unions to replace the resource-based approach to growth with member-based organizing & mobilizing. Adapted from the source document.