Workplace Organizing for Radicals
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Why should workplace organizing matter for the radical left? What kind of unionism should radicals try to foster? How should we go about doing it? How should people who want to do workplace organizing think about where to work for pay? An interview with two experienced activists, retired New York transit worker Steve Downs and Ontario public sector worker Katherine Grezjszczak, about these and related questions.
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To learn more:
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Secrets of a Successful Organizer, from Labor Notes
https://labornotes.org/secrets
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Tim Goulet, Unions and the rank and file strategy
https://tempestmag.org/2023/07/unions-and-the-rank-and-file-strategy/
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Steve Downs, Hell On Wheel Pamphlet
https://archive.org/details/hellonwheelpamphlet
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Steve Downs, Socialist Strategies in Unions:Twenty Years in Transport Workers Union Local 100
https://solidarity-us.org/transit_working_paper/
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