[lbo-talk] Fwd: Towards a Union of the Unemployed ?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Dec 5 13:12:03 PST 2009


On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:33 PM, brad bauerly wrote:


> Does anyone know the history of attempts to build a union of the
> unemployed
> in the US or attempts by organized labor to reach out to the
> unemployed?

I used to see a guy around NYC events, Keith Brooks, who ran something called the New York Unemployed Committee. Googling him turns up nothing since 1998 or so. That's the extent of my knowledge.

Doug



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