Workers’ Collective Creativity Pays off for Grocery Workers in D.C.
With union membership at an all-time low in the US, and the defensive conservatism of its leadership, it is no wonder that workers are skeptical of unions and have become passive. But not all unions are conservative – nor are their members. The rank-and-file in this D.C. grocery workers’ union showed an ability to manipulate Safeway and Giant management, use Facebook as an organizing device and organize workers in solidarity across both stores. Bravo!
Photo by UFCW Local 400
About The Author
Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.