Toolkit: Working with Labor: Resources

Resources

There are surprisingly few good resources on interacting with the labor movement. However, here are a few things that might be helpful.

Two good intermediary organizations to help navigate the terrain.

Jobs With Justice. Health care for all is one of their strategic priorities.
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice

Two interesting magazines about labor issues

Labor Notes. A left perspective on labor that grew out of Teamsters for a Democratic Union. It has been around since 1979 and focuses on rank and file democracy.
New Labor Forum. This is a “journal of ideas, analysis and debate” about labor issues, published by Queens College in New York City. It deals with the issues and culture of the labor movement and has both academics and practitioners as contributors.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Labor Primer:

Laboring for Health: Unions Leadership Role in Health Policy

Labor and Kyoto

Taking Health Care to the States and the Streets

How Labor Organizes Itself

Best Practices for the Long Haul

Worker Centers: Another Resource

The Soul of Labor History is the Story of Democracy

Acknowledgements and Credits

About The Praxis Project

Appendices:

Article: Unions are from Mars, Community Groups are from Venus: Does that Mean We are All Aliens?

Map: Union Density By State

Chart: American Union Movement

Chart: AFL-CIO Organization