Worker Power in an Age of Uneven Austerity
Submitted on September 7, 2011
By Steven Tufts and Mark Thomas - September 6, 2011
A first step is for labour activists to escape the intellectual traps of 'age of austerity' generalizations and recognize that some workers and unions have power, though these workers may not be in the traditional sites of working-class organization. In this context, unions will doubtlessly have a role in new working-class formations; they just may not represent workers from the same sectors that lead the way in the past.
