Service Industry Unions

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 20 09:37:18 PDT 1999


Jennifer A Young wrote:


>The article
>mentioned that unions have historically shunned "the young, low-wage workers
>that staff the retail sector".

Because they're very difficult to organize and because low-wage workers can't pay big dues. That last point is rarely talked about, but several people have told me that the UAW has shied away from organizing relatively low-wage workers in the auto parts industry because there's no financial payoff. On the other hand, some unions, like HERE and the SEIU, are giving it the old college try.

Doug



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