Episode 7: Should Socialists Take Union Staff Jobs?

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Should Socialists Take Union Staff Jobs? Katherine Grzejszczak, Gene McGuckin and Sherry Wolf, three socialists with a lot of union experience, discuss this question. If you want to learn more: Kim Moody's writing on "the rank-and-file strategy" is a must-read for socialists. For a start, check out "In Defense of the Rank-and-File Strategy" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/rank-and-file-strategy-kim-moody-labor-unions Kate Doyle Griffiths, "The Rank and File Strategy on New Terrain." https://spectrejournal.com/the-rank-and-file-strategy-on-new-terrain/ On bureaucracy and unions, see David Camfield, "What is Trade Union Bureaucracy? A Theoretical Account." https://spectrejournal.com/the-rank-and-file-strategy-on-new-terrain/