Democratizing the Union Workplace: the Legacy of Labor Notes
Most of us would agree that if we want a revolution the working class must be involved. But finding out out what is actually going on inside and outside of unions is not always easy. Labor Notes does at least 4 things beautifully: it speaks to efforts being made towards rank-and file democracy; it presents all union struggles as class struggles; it gives a once-a-month overview of what’s happening all over the country; and it has conferences in different cities in the US to unite rank-and-file activists.
A Labor Notes conference in 1981
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About The Author
Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.