February 4, 2007 Toyota employees in the Philippines are seeking international support to force Toyota to recognize their union. Because of Toyota’s high global profile, they provide a promising target for international pressure. Unions in Asia and Europe have demanded that Toyota recognize and bargain with them. A modest effort by U.S. trade unionists… Read More »
BANANA UNIONISM GOES TRANSNATIONAL
May 29, 2006 The “race to the bottom” is often thought of in terms of cheaper labor attracting jobs from the first world to the third world. But in today’s globalized economy the race to the bottom among third world countries is at least as destructive. A recent book by U.S. labor and women’s… Read More »
REPLY TO CHUCK MORSE, “THEORY OF THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT”
May 2, 2003 I thank Chuck Morse for his critical review of Globalization from Below—I consider a good critic to be one’s best friend.(1) The book’s prime objective was to provoke discussion about the goals and practices of what’s often referred to as the anti-globalization movement, and in this case we clearly succeeded. In… Read More »
GLOBAL SELF-ORGANIZATION FROM BELOW
May 10, 2002 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher As globalization from above has grown more destructive, the constructive achievements of globalization from below in the two years since the Battle of Seattle have been impressive. An incredible range of movements and concerns that once seemed unrelated or even antagonistic have learned to… Read More »