tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post5797090849280896868..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Members Only UnionismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-61874633089432015522015-01-17T08:55:58.902-05:002015-01-17T08:55:58.902-05:00Thanks--I'll start reading. I like the idea th...Thanks--I'll start reading. I like the idea that the labor movement should go beyond wage negotiations, and I know what you mean by "self-defeating," though that's putting it pretty strongly.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459764573179565354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-58099967453176854042015-01-16T20:54:36.222-05:002015-01-16T20:54:36.222-05:00"Review Essay: The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclai..."Review Essay: <i>The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace</i>," John M. True III<br /><br />Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law, Volume 26 | Issue 1 March 2005, pp. 181-204.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-42689389827476904412015-01-16T20:50:58.398-05:002015-01-16T20:50:58.398-05:00The "exclusive representation" of certif...The "exclusive representation" of certified, majority unions is unique to the U.S. and Canada (which emulated the Wagner model after W.W.II). So there are lots of examples of how non-majority collective bargaining can be conducted. If I was to try to explain "how" I would have to base my explanation on Morris's book and articles by Fisk, Adams, True and Clyde Summers. Better to just refer you to those sources! Have a look at the Fisk article I linked to and then I would recommend True's review essay on Morris's book. I haven't read <i>Blue Eagle</i> yet. Have ordered it from inter-library loan.<br /><br />In my view, the "collective bargaining as a human right" approach is only half the battle. The other part has to do with what the union, whether traditional Wagner Act certified or non-majority put on the table. To become a labor <i>movement</i>, I think that has to be non-market, social justice and environmental issues. Obviously at times wages are a social justice issue, too. But focusing too narrowly on wage negotiations can become an isolating and ultimately self-defeating obsession.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-53307704110428391672015-01-16T20:25:54.056-05:002015-01-16T20:25:54.056-05:00I'm not exactly sure what he's proposing. ...I'm not exactly sure what he's proposing. EVen if you're not a union shop you should be allowed to bargain collectively? How? And you seem to imply that outside unions should be involved. Again, how? I like the idea, but I don't really get it...erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459764573179565354noreply@blogger.com