[lbo-talk] Towards a union of the unemployed

[James Heartfield]

>  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?

No, but I can tell you that Wal Hannington's account of Unemployed Struggles in Britain in the thirties is pretty good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unemployed-Struggles-1919-1936-unemployed-illustrations/dp/B0014IQ9IE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245783591&sr=1-3