Teamsters local 570

The Labor Movement's May Day Promise

Posted On: May 02, 2016

May 2, 2016 | U.S. LABOR | …For all the political and legal obstacles in their way, today's workers have still managed to mobilize a vital movement that will shape the future of bargaining in ways that could engage the 90 percent of working families that do not enjoy access to a union contract. Like their forebears in 1886, working people today are not waiting until the perfect legal framework is in place before creating a new democratic platform for having a say, as equals, over their working conditions. In fact, the harder some employers have worked to restrict employee's right to collectively bargain, the more nimble and creative the modern labor movement has become…The future for collective bargaining has never been brighter. americanprospect.org