Event Title
State of the Unions: The Labor Movement under Attack in North America
Description
The economic and financial crisis experienced since 2008 has shed new light on the difficulties faced by the labor movement since the early 1980s. Unions have been confronted by three main challenges: a loss of bargaining power towards the employers; a sometimes dramatic decrease of membership; and a crisis of their political project with the broader crisis of progressive politics in industrialized economies. This presentation will map the current situation of the labor movement in North America by focusing on attacks from governments and businesses in the last few years. It will show how the economic crisis represents both a challenge and an opportunity for organized labor to react and rebuild itself in this era of economic and political uncertainty.
About the Lecturer: Thomas Collombat, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Integration and Globalization at the Universit' du Quebec, Visiting Professor in Quebec Studies The Center for Canadian- American Studies, Western Washington University
Document Type
Event
Start Date
4-4-2012 12:00 PM
End Date
4-4-2012 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Labor unions--United States; Labor movement--United States; Labor laws and legislation--United States; Open and closed shop--Law and legislation--United States; Labor policy
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Labor unions, Labor movement
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
State of the Unions: The Labor Movement under Attack in North America
Fairhaven College Auditorium
The economic and financial crisis experienced since 2008 has shed new light on the difficulties faced by the labor movement since the early 1980s. Unions have been confronted by three main challenges: a loss of bargaining power towards the employers; a sometimes dramatic decrease of membership; and a crisis of their political project with the broader crisis of progressive politics in industrialized economies. This presentation will map the current situation of the labor movement in North America by focusing on attacks from governments and businesses in the last few years. It will show how the economic crisis represents both a challenge and an opportunity for organized labor to react and rebuild itself in this era of economic and political uncertainty.
About the Lecturer: Thomas Collombat, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Integration and Globalization at the Universit' du Quebec, Visiting Professor in Quebec Studies The Center for Canadian- American Studies, Western Washington University
