Monday, October 7, 2013

Opportunities Present for “Labor Left” in Walmart and Fast Food Fights

By Ryan Hill, Solidarity
October 1, 2013

For the first time in many years, there are not one, but two exciting new campaigns that have great potential to put unions back on the map of public consciousness. The efforts to organize workers at Walmart as well as workers at fast food restaurants and other big box stores in cities across the US have caught the attention of millions of people who previously had little to no connection to organized labor.

In this article, I offer some thoughts on what makes these campaigns so exciting, followed by a sober assessment of the challenges that they face. I’ll close with four recommendations for radicals looking to get involved in supporting these efforts, as I believe they should.[...]

Read the full article:
http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/4006

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