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OBSTACLES TO GLOBALIZING THE LABOR

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

September 24, 2007   Once employers were mostly local; so were unions.  When local companies became national corporations, unions too had to go national.  Now capital has gone global.  Today, there is little disagreement in the labor movement that unions now have enter the global arena. But this is easier said than done. In order… Read More »

Filed Under: Article, Globalization from below, Labor

THE GLOBAL BATTLE OVER NEW RIGHTS FOR CHINESE WORKERS

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

April 21, 2007   Editor’s Note: GLS has taken the lead in exposing the role of U.S. corporations in opposing the proposed Chinese labor contract law.  Here’s an update on the campaign of the “sweatshop lobby” – and the response by labor worldwide. In a historically unprecedented visit, the influential Chinese scholar and labor law… Read More »

Filed Under: Article, Globalization from below, Labor

GLOBALIZING WORKERS RIGHTS

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

March 11, 2007   For generations, workers in the United States and other countries around the world have fought for the right to organize, bargain collectively, and strike. These rights have been increasingly contested in the era of neoliberalism. In response, some in the labor movement have been seeking new ways to ground these rights…. Read More »

Filed Under: Article, Globalization from below, Labor

U.S. WORKERS MEET IRAQI WORKERS: THE MOVIE

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

February 21, 2007   Modern labor movements developed in national contexts.  They are often dependent on national governments for legal rights and political favors.  Workers are a patriotic segment of many societies.  Governments often lean hard on worker organizations that don’t support their foreign policies.  For all these reasons, labor movements often support – reluctantly… Read More »

Filed Under: Article, Globalization from below, Labor, Peace

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ABOUT JEREMY BRECHER

11You and I may not know each other, but I suspect there are some problems that we share -- problems like climate change, war, and injustice. For half a century I have been participating in and writing about social movements that address those problems. The purpose of this website is to share what I've learned. I hope it provides something of use to you in addressing our common problems.

For the record, I am the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements. I have written and/or produced more than twenty video documentaries. I have participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace in Vietnam, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, and many others.

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Common Preservation

  Human Survival Movement

Climate Protection

  Climate and Labor

  Climate Insurgency

  Against Doom

  Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs

Labor History

  Strike!

  Common Sense for Hard Times

STRIKE! Commentaries on Solidarity and Survival

  • Social Strikes vs. MAGA Tyranny
  • Social Strikes in American History
  • Social Strike for Social Self-Defense: The Last Recourse Against Tyranny
  • Make the Fossil Fuel Powers Stranded Assets
  • How a Movement-Based Opposition Defeated the First Trump Coup
  • Movement-Based Opposition: A Successful American Example
  • Social Self-Defense: From Protest to Contest

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