Jump-Start Your Union: Labor Notes Book Event in D.C.

Event Date: 
March 05, 2014

Event at a Glance

Date

March 05, 2014, 6:30 pm

Registration

Free

Location

Busboys & Poets (5th and K NW) Washington, DC

Conference Flyer

Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes' new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers, with a presentation from Labor Notes director Mark Brenner.

How to Jump-Start Your Union tells how activists transformed their union by engaging their co-workers and neighbors and unleashing the smarts of rank-and-file members. Readers will learn how to work with their communities, organize a caucus, run for office, rebuild a stewards network, train new leaders, run a contract campaign, and strike.

PLUS: hear from Washington Teachers Union President Elizabeth Davis and Empower DC Education Organizer Daniel del Pielago about local teacher struggles and the fight against school closures in DC.

Books will be for sale at the event for $15.

For questions, contact Julia Kann at 718-284-4144 or julia[at]labornotes[dot]org.

Comments on the book:

“Labor Notes has done it again! Every unionist should read this book that chronicles how the new leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union organized their members, built strong support with the community, and waged a strike against formidable adversaries. But this book is more—it’s a manual on how all unions can revamp to win justice, with lessons that every union can apply to their own situation.”
—STEVEN ASHBY, professor of labor relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

How to Jump-Start Your Union should be a beacon to all rank-and-file members on how to bring democracy to their locals. It’s a toolkit that shows how good old-fashioned hard work and faith in the membership can empower every frontline worker. The bird’s-eye view of the CORE caucus carefully proves that issues are more important than elections and can serve to unite us. It is never all right to just complain.”
—KAREN LEWIS, president, Chicago Teachers Union