Surviving Capitalism (Not) : UE and Taunton, Mass. Set Own Course in Fight Against Job Outsourcing

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

UE and Taunton, Mass. Set Own Course in Fight Against Job Outsourcing

by Roger Bybee from Solidarity Economy.

Some workers in the US refuse to let corporations ship their jobs elsewhere. Read how they are fighting back in Massachusetts.

...regardless of the cynical deals and manipulation of public opinion being directed by the White House, workers in places like Taunton, Mass. are continuing their struggles at the grass-roots level against the destruction of America's productive base and its dwindling supply of good jobs.