Talk:Solidarity unionism

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I found this page researching "business unionism" a term I'm more familiar with than "solidarity unionism, but with basically the same definition. I am interested in expanding this page to reflect more of the history of bureaucratic domination of unions and the reform movements and incidents of disobedience ("wild cat" strikes, the RUM movenent, e.g.).

I'm a teamster and I'm trying to organize some resistance in my bargaining unit; I've also worked as an AFSCME rep on another job and this same struggle came up.

I's any one else wokring on this page or this subject?

chai 14:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I created the article and I'm hoping to put some more work into it at some point, but please feel free to contribute. I'm a Wobbly organizer and there are a few other folks around, like Richard Myers, who focus on labour issues on Wikipedia. Given the strong anti-union biases here, it's hard slogging and we can use all the help you can offer.

I believe the term "solidarity unionism" originated with Staughton Lynd but I haven't been able to find a citation (yet) to prove it. SmashTheState 16:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)