Building Regional Power Research Project

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Reorganizing a State's Labor Movement

• Building Labor’s Power in California: Raising Standards and Expanding Capacity Among Central Labor Councils, the State Labor Federation, and Union Affiliates.

• Building Regional Capacity: The New Alliance Process in Pennsylvania.

Both available under full case studies.

Headline News: Labor Builds Power!

At a time when the labor movement debates its very future, the Building Regional Power Research Project brings together labor educators, the UALE CLC Task Force, the AFL-CIO CLC Advisory Committee, and AFL-CIO Political Field staff to document how local labor movements are developing systematic strategies for achieving regional power. Such strategies integrate significant coalition building, sophisticated political action, non-profit research arms, a progressive agenda for regional economic development, and concrete policy and organizing victories. The project tells the story of labor and community innovation in places such as Los Angeles, San Jose, Denver, Houston, Cleveland, Seattle, and more. Our materials are designed to circulate widely within and outside the labor movement and promises to make a significant contribution to debates over the future role of central labor councils and state federations.

The site is sponsored by the Labor Studies Center at Wayne State University.

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