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

Sandy Harris sandyinchina at gmail.com
Sun Dec 6 09:20:05 PST 2009


On 12/6/09, brad bauerly <bbauerly at gmail.com> 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?

Didn't the Wobblies do some of that?

Their line was "one big union", the whole working class. They thought having separate unions for, say, steel workers and farm labourers was just playing into the hands of the bosses, allowing divide & conquer.



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