Join the Fight: Become a Strategic Researcher!
Want to build on the momentum in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere by joining the fight for workers’ rights? Now’s the time to sign up for a course in strategic campaign research, writes Charles Taylor, coordinator for the AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research recruitment program.
This is a momentous time to be part of the labor movement and there is a role for everyone in the ongoing struggle. Strategic researchers play a key role by helping leaders and members gain a clearer understanding about corporate structure and finance and identifying strategic ways to prevail against those who oppose justice on the job and in our communities.
Anyone who is interested in strategic corporate research should check out an annual summer school offered by the AFL-CIO and Cornell University. Now in its 10th year, the one-week class has served as an effective stepping stone for students of all ages who are interested in working as union researchers.
Study: Union Construction Jobs Help Economy
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A new study shows union construction jobs not only provide workers with a good middle-class income, but the benefits extend to the communities and states where they live.
The report, “The Socio-Economic Impacts of Construction Unionization in Massachusetts,” by Maria Figueroa and Jeff Grabelsky of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, found the earnings of union construction workers in Massachusetts added $4.6 billion overall to the Bay State economy in 2007.
Says Mary Vogel, executive director of The Construction Institute, which released the study:
This study confirms what we already knew to be true-unionization in the construction industry not only creates middle class career opportunities in the building trades for Massachusetts residents, but results in significant economic benefits for the Commonwealth and the local communities in which our members live and work.
