[Jewelry making - Article 00016] - Re: [Orchid] Should Goldsmiths Unionize/Organize

[Richard W. Wise]

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Goo,

>        it seems to be a situation where people go round to scattered
>     places of work? 

    Good point, organizing against multple employers at widely seperated
    locations is difficult though not impossible. Depends a lot on
    solidarity of the membership. 

    I organized a bunch of city-wide tenant unions in Rhode Island in
    the early 70s. A few minor early sucesses resulted in the
    organization of a Property Owners organization statewide. They had
    money, clout, waved the flag and kicked our butt. In physical
    science you have the law that every action prompts an equal and
    opposite reaction. In social dynamics there may be nothing equal
    about the reaction you cause. Before you take on the big guys its
    best to read Sun Tsu. 

    Read a short interview in Time with the new president of the SEIU,
    they and the Teamsters recently dropped out of the AFL-CIO. He is
    talking about global unions. Wonder how he plans to pull that one
    off. 

Richard

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