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> why on earth where professional roles being represented by an Auto workers union An innovation in organized labour from around the turn of the 20th century k
by thefringthing 6y ago
> why on earth where professional roles being represented by an Auto workers union
An innovation in organized labour from around the turn of the 20th century known as the "industrial union" (as opposed to the "craft union") wherein the union seeks to organized all workers in a particular industry rather than a particular job. The idea is that this prevents workers of different jobs being pitted against one another, and provides more power as a strike could shut down an entire industry.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoYes I know that but normally you would expect a union to stick to that industry, also blue collar unions don't always know how to organise and represent professional workers and some members may not want "their" union to represent mangers eg the CWU in the UK Trying to go back to the ancient one big union just wont cut it
- thefringthing 6y agoManagers are not eligible to join the one big union: https://iww.org/membership/ https://iww.org/membership/