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Craft at the Crossroads: The Future of the Building Trades

 





Craft at the Crossroads: The Future of the Building Trades




     by Independent Labor Club of NYC

414 BroadwayNew York, NY
We’d like to examine what ways individuals within construction might contribute to the task of building a vital and inclusive labor movement. What are the major impediments to unionization in the field? What do politicians promise and what can they actually deliver? Has the craft union form outlived its usefulness? How can we imagine overcoming it? The goal of this assembly isn’t just education, it’s also outreach to an essential sector of the working class usually ignored by the left. RSVP at our Eventbrite page.


Overview

Prospects for Amalgamation

A panel featuring:

Gregory Butler, International Union of Operating Engineers
Together with members of
Caucus of Rank-and-file Electrical Workers (CREW)
Transport Workers' Union (TWU) Local 100
Carpenters Rank-And-File Together (CRAFT)       




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