union democracy

Does Union Democracy Lead to a More Militant Unionism?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 5, 2024

Cesar Chavez, the head of the United Farm Workers Union, calls for the resignation of Walter Kintz, the first legal counsel for the state Agriculture Labor Relations Board, in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 16, 1975. Chavez's efforts in California culminated in landmark legislation that protected...

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The Unreflective Nature of Union Democracy Activists

By Erik Loomis

On July 7, 2023

This might be a bit inside baseball on the labor movement, but there is a huge disconnect between the actual existing labor movement in this country and the labor movement.

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Unions: Not Entities That Can Make Their Members Radical

By Erik Loomis

On September 6, 2014

Ignore the anti-union bias in this linked story. New York teachers wearing pro-police shirts after the union told them not to is a useful window into the problems with those.