April 29, 1999 Jeremy Brecher was a policy analyst on the staff of U.S. Congressman Bernie Sanders. He resigned April 29, 1999. May 4, 1999 Congressman Bernie Sanders 2202 Rayburn Building Washington, DC, 20515 Dear Bernie, This letter explains the matters of conscience that have led me to resign from your staff. I… Read More »
THE GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION
April 1, 1999 By Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher For the past decade, through both Republican and Democratic administrations, the U.S. government has promoted a model of free-market global capitalism that it claimed would benefit the great majority of people both at home and abroad. This model has failed. Key Points Unregulated global… Read More »
LABOR’S DAY: THE CHALLENGE AHEAD
September 21, 1998 by Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher Organized labor, awakening from its quarter-century “era of stagnation,” finds itself, Rip Van Winkle-like, in a world transformed. While labor slept, corporations restructured, markets globalized, the postwar “class compromise” broke down, labor-endorsed economic policies failed and the working class itself was reconfigured. Labor will… Read More »
LABOR UPDATE: ORGANIZING THE NEW WORKFORCE
July 14, 1998 Women, immigrant, and minority workers develop new organizing approaches Traditionally, the majority of American union members have been blue-collar white males. Over the past quarter-century, this group became a smaller and smaller minority in the workforce, while other groups—sometimes dubbed “the new workforce”—grew as a percentage of organized and unorganized workers…. Read More »
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