quinta-feira, 23 de abril de 2009

The Real News Network: Unions in America

Elaine Bernard is the executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. Bernard's writings often focus on workers in the telecommunications industry, and the role technological change plays in altering work. In the last several years, she has publicly discussed how advancing technology will change how labor unions function (especially in regard to member-to-member and union-member communication and organizing)

Pt.1: Private sector union membership has plummeted while the public sector has increased April 11, 2009
Pt.2: Legislation in the US a major obstacle to worker organization April 13, 2009
Pt.3: The biggest barrier to unionization is the law April 19, 2009
Pt4: A successful labor movement socializes their gains - or they weaken themselves April 21, 2009
Pt5: To build a movement, unions need to organize unemployed workers to demand jobs April 22, 2009