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Change Labor, Change America

By Andrew L. Stern

We can’t change America unless we change the American labor movement. Unions aren’t just the best hope for working people to win a living wage, affordable healthcare, and the tools and resources to do a job they can be proud of. Revitalized unions also are crucial to a revitalized progressive movement. At our best, unions are one of the few… return to article

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    Silly piece. Labor was effective when it employed direct action against the capitalists, posed a principled and inspirational solidarity movement against the dog eat dog values of the obscenely rich. Today’s unions are in bed with the enemy and are about as inspirational as Bill Gates and Henry Ford. We need a movement directed by ordinary workers that is based not in communism or capitalism but equality, democracy and the natural solidarity of most working people. 

    United States Posted by Tom Laney on Jan 16, 2004 at 6:41 PM

    No chance to effect union citizen consciousness with the mass media in the hands of 6 CEOs melting the minds of children and adults into self-endugence and political ignorance

    United States Posted by jan janson on Feb 18, 2004 at 11:40 AM
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