A Collective Bargain: Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy

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#reviews #Unions #labor #JaneMcAlevey #democracy #WinningElections #OccupyDemocrats The cover of the Harpercoll...
Bosses rig #union votes the same way Republicans rig elections: #disinformation, divide-and-rule, #VoterSuppression, #gerrymandering. Union organizers know how to win that kind of election, and they can teach us all.

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The #DemocraticParty establishment wants voters to cast a ballot and then go to sleep for two years until it's time to cast another ballot. That's why they hate #unions: unions stay awake, demanding that the Democrats GOVERN instead of selling out.

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If only the #DemocraticParty leadership took #unions as seriously as #billionaires do!

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.@rsgexp knows how to win elections - not with "data-driven microtargeting," but with supermajorities of active people who build their strength by winning fight after fight after fight.

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