December 10, 2009
Tim Costello, who went from being a well-read Teamster activist to authoring key books on labor and globalization and launching innovative labor strategies, died of pancreatic cancer on December 4. Costello co-authored or co-edited books including Common Sense for Hard Times, Strike!, Building Bridges: The Emerging Coalition of Labor and Community, and Globalization from Below. He led the North American Alliance for Fair Employment, which pulled together 65 organizations in the US and Canada to confront issues of contingent work, and later co-founded Global Labor Strategies, which helped labor activists across the world to build global strategies. “Tim was always a step ahead of the rest of us, on labor-community coalitions, contingent work, and global labor alliances,” said Chris Tilly, Director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. “He was also a friend you could always call on for help and advice. We will miss him sorely.”
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment