March 12, 1998 By Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher In the past quarter-century, capitalism has undergone a revolutionary restructuring in the United States and worldwide. Meanwhile, the American labor movement retains the basic structure it established more than half a century ago. Organized labor will have a future if and only if it… Read More »
AMERICAN LABOR ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENIUM
December 14, 1997 Periods of mass strike don’t last forever. If they don’t lead to fundamental social change, they are likely to be followed by a truce between workers and employers, by a gradual erosion of workers’ gains, or by cascading defeats. Gradually or rapidly, workers’ assertiveness, autonomy, and solidarity diminish. Some turn to… Read More »
MARTIN LUTHER KING IN CONNECTICUT
January 15, 1997 In 1944, a fifteen year old Martin Luther King spent the summer working on a tobacco farm near Simbury, Connecticut. His experiences in integrated restaurants, halls, and churches made a profound and lasting impression on him. In letters only recently published, King wrote home: “Dear Father: On our way here we… Read More »
WE ARE THE ROOTS
Although hundreds of people have contributed to making CHCA what it is, the visions and preoccupations of a handful of founders and senior staff can still be seen in every aspect of its operations today.
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