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Steward’s Corner: Respect Is the Foundation of Organizing

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By Ellen Friedman
| ZNetwork
Solidarity among co-workers is your source of power against the employer. And one essential ingredient for solidarity is respect. In the workplace we typically don’t experience respect—we experience coercion. No matter how much the boss may call us “partners” or claim “we’re a family here,” the employment relationship is fundamentally undemocratic: The employer makes the decisions, and workers are required to comply. The union must be different in its DNA.
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Steward's Corner: Respect Is the Foundation of Organizing

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By Ellen Friedman
| Labor Notes Verified
Solidarity among co-workers is your source of power against the employer. And one essential ingredient for solidarity is respect. In the workplace we typically don’t experience respect—we experience coercion. No matter how much the boss may call us “partners” or claim “we’re a family here,” the employment relationship is fundamentally undemocratic: The employer makes the decisions, and workers are required to comply. The union must be different in its DNA.
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UCORE: School Struggle and Strikes in the US

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By Ellen Friedman
| Workers' Inquiry
The acronym UCORE stands for the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators. It took us about two years to build the network before we even came up with a name for it. It is a network characterised by as much informality as possible. It is not a union, a federation, or an NGO. It is not really an organisation. It doesn’t have bylaws, a constitution, or officers. There is a modest budget, but it is just used to help bring people to conferences. So, in essence, it is a network.
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