Stephen Lerner is an American labor and community organizer. He has organized janitors, farm workers, garment workers, and other low-wage workers into unions. (wikipedia)
We think that this is an important moment in history and a terrific opportunity to act globally. They are global companies and we need to be global unions.
If you stage a job action, a manufacturing company can pull up stakes and you lose the jobs. In property services, a job action may cause one company to go and another to come in, but the jobs are still there. You can be more daring; you can take greater risks.
The world is shrinking so quickly that US cities look more and more alike and major capitals look more and more alike, and there are similar solutions.
We're elated that these workers, who have sacrificed so much and who have been so dedicated to winning a voice and winning a union, will go back to work with their heads held high, winning a breakthrough for immigrant workers throughout the country.
