http://www.philipdine.com/blog Writing on Labor Issues, Policy & Politics Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:59:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After years on the defensive on all counts -- bargaining, politics, organizing -- labor is on the move on a variety of fronts. Perhaps more important than any particular issue is that labor's enthusiasm has returned. That's the clear sense I get, as a result of having the opportunity recently to ... http://www.philipdine.com/blog/2008/08/17/labor-on-the-move/ Chapter 2 - Delta Pride "If the case of the Iowa firefighters shows what labor can achieve in the political arena given the proper strategy, the story of the Delta Pride illustrates labor's potential in the realm of the workplace and workers' lives, as well as in the broader community -- ... http://www.philipdine.com/blog/2008/05/25/chapter-2-excerpted/ I recently attended a labor forum where T-shirts were given out that read "agitate, educate, organize." Good enough advice, but if labor is to survive, and thrive, its foremost task right now is this: communicate, communicate, communicate. The reasons for this could fill a book, (and come to think of ... http://www.philipdine.com/blog/2008/01/22/labor-communicate-communicate/ Labor is receiving an unusual amount of attention these days, much of it focused on the fierce political battles unions are waging on behalf of various presidential hopeful in the primaries. Reporters and even some talking heads on television who generally ignore the union movement are paying at least some ... http://www.philipdine.com/blog/2008/01/20/labor-book-reflect-spark-interest/ I had the chance recently to participate in a two-day workshop on Working America at Harvard Law School's Labor and Worklife Program. There, trade unionists, labor scholars and some activists from Europe, got acquainted with the AFL-CIO program. It's a successful, yet still relatively unpublicized community affiliate that's good for ... http://www.philipdine.com/blog/2008/01/14/working-america-labors-promising-effort/