Jeremy Brecher

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Global Labor Strategies

In 2005, Tim Costello asked Brendan Smith and me to collaborate in creating an organization called Global Labor Strategies “to contribute to building global labor solidarity through research, analysis, strategic thinking, and network building around labor and employment issues.” In 2006 GLS discovered a debate unfolding in China about a Labor Contract Law whose key provisions were being opposed by the American and European Chambers of Commerce. Global Labor Strategies organized an international protest against this corporate opposition in the aftermath of which  international union federations pressured their employers to reverse course; human rights organizations mobilized support for Chinese workers’ rights; US members of Congress introduced legislation decrying the corporate intervention and apparent administration complicity; and China’s official labor organization, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), took a strong stand against corporate pressure.[1] This innovative work was cut off by Tim Costello’s death in 2009.

[1] Brendan Smith, Tim Costello and Jeremy Brecher, “Tug of War Over China’s New Labor Law,” Truthout, April 4, 2007. http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/69779:brendan-smith-tim-costello-and-jeremy-brecher–tug-of-war-over-chinas-new-labor-law

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

  • Protecting Workers and Communities–From Below | Part 1: On the Ground
  • New Foundations for the House of Labor?
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal – The Current State of Play
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal in the States – Part 2
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal in the States – Part 1
  • If the Courts Won’t Protect the Climate the People Must
  • The Inflation Reduction Act and the Labor-Climate Movement

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