The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon

The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon The CIO unionized General Motors in 1937 and saved the labor movement. Today's unions need to do the same to Amazon if there is any hope of stopping the slow death of American labor. There’s only one time in American history to look to if we’re seeking a rapid and lasting revitalization of unions, and that’s the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the mid-1930s. There were many things that made that particular moment successful, but one of the key ones was that they took aim at the commanding heights of the economy. T

The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon The CIO unionized General Motors in 1937 and saved the labor movement. Today's unions need to do the same to Amazon if there is any hope of stopping the slow death of American labor. There’s only one time in American history to look to if we’re seeking a rapid and lasting revitalization of unions, and that’s the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the mid-1930s. There were many things that made that particular moment successful, but one of the key ones was that they took aim at the commanding heights of the economy. T