REVOLUTION NOW: Revivng the Strike

June 20 - Joe Burns, Reviving the Strike, How Working People can Regain Power and Transform Americal will be published by Ig Publishing in May 2011. This book argues that th...e labor movement must recover its traditional tactics of stopping production and workplace-based solidarity. www.revivingthestrike.org

In the words of Joe Burns:

"Solidarity is the heart and soul of unionism—the only force capable of confronting power and privilege in society. To revive unionism, we must recover labor’s long-lost tools of workplace-based solidarity.

"Today, union activists join each other’s picket lines and hold fundraisers for striking workers. While important, these acts of solidarity are largely conducted away from the workplace.

"In contrast, labor’s traditional forms of workplace-based solidarity allowed workers to join across employers and even industries to confront bosses. Such tactics included secondary strikes and industry-wide strikes."

 Website
http://www.revivingthestrike.org/