“Extra-Union” and “Dual Union”

April 25, 2006

One of my best friends is a very accomplished labor organizer, with years of experience working for teachers and nurses unions; he also has really solid politics, and is one of the handful of people who can make me rethink my assumptions from scratch.  I recently sent him a quick note about my STO research, and in passing used the phrase “extra-union organizing,” without giving the term much thought. (more…)