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 »
HISTORY FROM BELOW: HOW TO UNCOVER AND TELL THE STORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY, ASSOCIATION, OR UNION (REVISED EDITION)
December 31, 1997 PREFACE: In an age when “how to” books deal with self-centered making out, whether in commerce or sex, Jeremy Brecher’s work is astonishing and refreshing; and, God knows, necessary. History From Below is an exciting primer, enabling “ordinary” people, non-academics, to recover their own personal and community’s pasts. At a time… Read More »
A NEW LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE SHELL OF THE OLD?
March 1, 1996 by Tim Costello and Jeremy Brecher Labor Research Review #24: PART I: THE POLITICS OF REFORM PART II: THE FUTURE OF THE REFORM AGENDA JOHN SWEENEY RESPONDS RON CAREY RESPONDS JANE SLAUGHTER RESPONDS PART I: THE POLITICS OF REFORM A lot has changed since the formation of the AFL-CIO 40… Read More »
THE GREAT TIME SQUEEZE
October 12, 1990 By Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher It’s been a great deal for employers. Since 1973, real weekly wages have fallen by 15 percent, and to compensate, American families today are working between one and two days a week more, just to maintain the same family incomes they had in 1973…. Read More »