Global Labor Organizing in Theory and Practice
Democratic Left › Vol. 35 Nbr. 2, October 2007
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Summary
In May 2007, representatives of auto unions from eight countries meeting at the UAW headquarters in Detroit agreed to form an ad hoc global auto sector organizing working group to share information on companies and union densities, develop strategic organizing targets and coordinate solidarity. UAW organizing director Terry Thurman expressed the UAW's eagerness to "move beyond symbolic gestures of solidarity and develop joint strategies to combat the global assault on workers' rights."
The AFL-CIO will host a "Global Organizing Summit" at the National Labor College on December 10 to 11, 2007, "to discuss global strategies to help workers join unions." CWA President Larry Cohen, who chairs the AFL-CIO Organizing Committee, points out that the workers' right to organize and bargain "is an issue everywhere, but a crisis here."The "Summit" is being sponsored by the "Council of Global Unions," which includes the International Trade Union Confederation (the recently unified global umbrella organization of national labor centers in 153 countries), the ten Global Union Federations (GUFs; formerly called International Trade Secretariats) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Unions throughout the world are worried about declining union membership in the USA, and also recognize the need to develop large-scale organizing programs in their own countries.See the full content of this document
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Global Labor Organizing in Theory and Practice
In May 1962, UAW President Walter Reuther announced a plan to organize autoworkers in 14 countries because the American automobile industry had begun sourcing parts from international suppliers.
In May 2007, representatives of auto unions from eight countries meeting at the UAW headquarters in Detroit agreed to form an ad hoc global auto sector organizing working group to share information on companies and union densities, develop strategic organizing targets and coordinate so...See the full content of this document
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