Tax, Bonds, and Videotape: Rewriting the Script On Shutdowns

Abstract

[Excerpt] Labor-community resistance to shutdowns has upset the script written by Big Business for American Labor, a script that called for unions to passively accept capital flight, community abandonment and union-busting. Breaking out of traditional collective bargaining "servicing" molds, unions are joining coalitions, mobilizing their members, employing financial consultants, and deploying novel legal tactics and public relations to stop shutdowns.