Watch my 1.5 hr presentation of Dec. 14 with the Freethinkers Forum on the evolution of unions and concession bargaining in the US over the past 4+ decades–and whether concession bargaining has come to an end with the major union strikes and contract settlements of the past year, 2023.
The presentation covers the rise of unions and bargaining from WW2 to the greatest union strike wave in US history that occurred in 1969-71–which was followed by the corporate-government offensive against unions that arose in the 70s decade, in turn ushering in 43 years of union concession bargaining beginning 1979.
Details of contract settlements this past year involving 6 major unions are reviewed: UPS (Teamsters), big 3 Auto companies (UAW), railway workers union, West Coast Longshore, and writers-actors unions–raising the central theme “has 40+ years of concession bargaining ended in 2023?” The presentation concludes with an answer to that question: ‘yes’ for Teamsters & Autoworkers, but ‘no’ for railway workers and writers-actors–the latter of whom are first in union labor having to face the historic threat of Artificial Intelligence destroying their jobs.
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Dr. Jack Rasmus @drjackrasmus
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