With the decline of the labor movement in the United States over
the past four decades, unions are facing the future with unresolved
concerns over free trade agreements, dwindling memberships, and
their own leverage with industry and government. Which Direction
for Organized Labor? addresses critical questions facing the U.S.
labor movement as it approaches the 21st century. It analyzes the
overall state of organized labor and examines the direction it
should take in rebuilding its strength and influence.
The editor has arranged this collection around the themes of
organizing, reaching out, and self-transformation, and he presents
essays that demonstrate the interconnection of these concepts. The
initial selections examine prospects for growth by addressing the
priority of the AFL-CIO to "organize the unorganized". These essays
consider the current environment for organizing, examine present
efforts, and propose major departures from past practices.
A second group of essays assesses labor's prospects for
establishing supportive alliances with religious, community, and
international organizations, arriving at some provocative
conclusions that indicate the real source of external power for
unions today. The final section examines the internal
transformations that are needed if the labor movement is to
successfully confront its challenges, evaluating past union modes
of operation, present attempts to change, and lessons for the
future.
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