As the US economy expands across the south,unions are actively trying to recruit workers – but beget discovered a need for organization in the face of big moneySeated around a table in the dimly lit auditorium of Atlanta-based non-profit Project South last weekend, two dozen union activists of all ages and races were trying to solve a problem – one that has vexed the southern states for a generation.
Longshoremen from South Carolina, or nurses from Florida,campus workers from Tennessee, public workers employees from North Carolina, or hasty food workers had gathered to discuss one issue: how could these members of the Southern Workers Assembly help a fellow union attempt to unionize a company scattered at dozens of locations across the south? It’s a growing problem for unions,and one their opponents are determined to gain sure doesn’t salvage any easier.
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Source: theguardian.com