Labor History Online Discussion Group - Session 5: Beyond "Bread & Butter"

Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
June 15 – August 10

Register at http://bit.ly/FSFD-Labor

Isn’t it time to fight back?

This reading and discussion series is an instrument for doing just that. Participants look at past achievements and failures, traditions and innovations, to understand how workers got where we are today — and how to move forward.

Session 5, Wednesday, 7/13: “Not Your Grandfather's Movement: Beyond "Bread & Butter" Issues and Traditional Unions.”

This week's discussion will look at the need for the labor movement to address societal issues and the fight for workers not typically represented by unions. Specific examples include programs like affirmative action and forming community groups and organizations like worker centers to support non-unionized labor. Such efforts are crucial to building broad working-class solidarity.

Zoom in – share your insights and questions!

$3-6 donation requested per session to benefit the Freedom Socialist newspaper, a great source of labor news, as part of the $100,000 Freedom Socialist Fund Drive.

Full Schedule:

June 15
Power of Workers – The Strike

June 22
Radical Builders of a Militant Movement

June 29
Sleeping with the Enemy – What Happened to the Strength of Unions?

July 6
Rise of the Excluded: Changing Demographics of the Workforce and Leadership of the Most Oppressed

July 13
Not Your Grandfather's Movement: Beyond "Bread and Butter" Issues and Traditional Unions

July 20
Regaining Labor's Mojo in an Era of Reaction

July 27
Public Sector Workers Fight On-the-Job Racism

August 3
The Pandemic: Essential Workers Lead a Strike Surge

August 10
Online and Service Economy: Building Unions Where None Existed

All welcome · Join anytime
For more information and readings: 415-864-1278 · bayareaFSP [at] socialism.com