A book based on labor ideas from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for workers at Google, Uber, and Kickstarter to organize without a formal union
A book based on ideas associated with a labor group from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for organizing without a union. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @nytimes , @freedaaron , @tobiashigbie , @choffmanuni , and @amtransparency Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : The book “Labor Law for the Rank and Filer” lays out a practical guide for staging a kind of workplace revolution that upends the balance of power between management and labor. Employees at Google, Kickstarter and Uber are taking notice. https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimes : Google employees and Uber drivers have found a blueprint for organizing without a formal union: a book called “Labor Law for the Rank and Filer,” based on the strategies of a radical labor group of the early 20th century https://www.nytimes.com/... Aaron Freedman / @freedaaron : Curious to hear the thoughts of socialists more knowledgeable about the labor movement than me, but it seems like avoiding NLRB-recognized unions—rather than joining them and making them more militant—is a bad idea for workers and the larger labor movement https://www.nytimes.com/... Toby Higbie / @tobiashigbie : Staughton Lynd's book lives on! Recall reading this years ago when thinking about unionizing grad assistants when the state law said we couldn't. The Radical Guidebook Embraced by Google Workers and Uber Drivers https://www.nytimes.com/... Christy Hoffman / @choffmanuni : Not all googlers (or Uber drivers) have rejected unions in favor of other forms of protest. Many googlers around the world have joined where minority unions are the norm. Part of the US union “futility” is driven by the broken US model where it is nearly impossible to win 50%+1 https://twitter.com/... @amtransparency : We read the “solidarity unionism” piece going around and ruffling some feathers. definitely recommend museums and arts folks read it. Our thoughts: 1. all worker organizing is good! 1/2 https://www.nytimes.com/...