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24 Lab. Stud. J. 3 (1999-2000)

handle is hein.journals/labstuj24 and id is 1 raw text is: Organizing for Keeps: Building a Twenty-first Century Labor Movement Introduction to the Special Conference Issue Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University, Guest Editor In the last several years a great deal of discussion has taken place both inside and outside the labor movement about the need for American unions to organize massive numbers of unorganized workers. Who exactly this target workforce should be, ranging from low-wage contingent workers in' home care, janitorial, or food service occupations, to the legions of unorga- nized clerical workers in business services, to the expanding professional and technical workforce in our high tech economy; to both skilled and unskilled production workers in the light manufacturing plants which have sprouted up across the South and rural Midwest, remains a topic of debate. Agreement has also not been reached as to which strategies are most effec- tive to organize which workers. Nor is there a clear understanding of what it takes to move beyond the initial certification election or recognition cam- paign to build lasting, vital unions in these newly organized workplaces- to organize for keeps. But in one area there seems to be near universal agreement: the back- ground and experience of the majority of unorganized workers currently being targeted by American unions are much different from the background and experience of labor's traditional base. Whether home care workers in California, hotel employees in Las Vegas, ticket agents across the nation's airports, or production workers in light manufacturing plants in the deep South, the majority of newly organized workers today are women and people of color. Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor Education Research at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She is also vice president and Professional Council Chair of the University College Labor Education Association.

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