Awake! Sleepy Unions Adopt Libertarian Ideas

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trumka-laborers-20120222,0,3765485.story …forming more flexible agency-based associations instead of traditional government-regulated unions, with excellent results. And read the now classic LIO Libs Want You to have 4 Unions and check out the story at:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trumka-laborers-20120222,0,3765485.story

…it makes more sense to organize this type of worker in an association, rather than a nontraditional union, said Richard Hurd, a professor at Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations School. Organizing a traditional union can take years because groups have to file petitions for election and companies can challenge the process every step of the way.

Day laborers, taxi drivers and freelance workers are among the groups that have formed nontraditional alliances. Although they can’t legally bargain on behalf of workers, they can advocate for the same benefits that unions would.

“We consider ourselves part of the labor movement without being unionized,” said Omar Angel Perez…

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