As part of “American Labor at a Crossroads: New Thinking, New Organizing, New Strategies,” a conference presented on January 15, co-sponsored by the Albert Shanker Institute, The Sidney Hillman Foundation, and The American Prospect, editor-at-large Harold Meyerson commissioned a series of pieces by labor movement leaders and thought leaders, which we present here. Also included is the piece, written by Meyerson, that kicked off the broader discussion taking place here, “The Seeds of a New Labor Movement, ” from the Fall 2014 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here.
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The Seeds of a New Labor Movement
HAROLD MEYERSON
SEIU’s David Rolf-virtuoso organizer and mastermind of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage campaign-says labor needs radically new ways to champion worker interests.
How We Know We Haven’t Yet Found the Right Model for the Worker Organizations
SEJAL PARIKH
If we had already found the right model for a powerful, scalable, sustainable organization uniting low-wage workers, then organizers would learn about problems at particular worksites from the workers themselves, not Reddit.
