Originally published at: Digital Media’s Union Wave Helped Shape a Generation’s Thinking About Unions - TPM – Talking Points Memo
When Maya Schenwar and her colleagues at Truthout began to talk about unionizing, the global economy had just imploded. It was 2008, and most people still thought of digital news outlets — particularly progressive or left-leaning ones like Truthout — as “blogs.” “At the time, a lot of people saw online writing as something that…
I have been following developments in the German statutory model of solidarity between employees and management for a few decades, including translating reports into English, and am increasingly impressed by the results of the shared commitments companies and employees have to the current and future wellbeing of the company, the local region, their country and the planet and future generations. A powerful example for the US.