On Dec 6, 2012, at 7:21 PM, "Chuck Grimes" <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Same here. And as long as we are on the subject, Doug played a really
> interesting and good interview with Jane McSomething. Wow was she
> smart or what? It's about organizing on the ground to form a strong
> do-something-for-a-change union.
Thanks.
She's Jane McAlevey. Her book is terrific:
http://www.versobooks.com/books/1113-raising-expectations-and-raising-hell
Her arguments are that unions can grow by letting workers be the organizers, and they must address issues beyond the workplace.
I could only run about 2/3 of the interview on KPFA this afternoon because of the imperatives of fundraising, but I'll post the full 47 minutes to the web soon.
Doug