Articles
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The Origins of Fight for 15 in Chicago
This is the story of the workers and organizers in Chicago — most of them women — whose efforts to build an organization of downtown workers helped to spark the national and global Fight for 15 movement.
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Organizing in the Time of Physical Distancing
This piece was written for community organizations partnering with Community Change and aimed at helping groups manage the organizing challenges of the current moment.
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Climate Video
Activist and author Naomi Klein and BCG network leaders Saqib Bhatti and Judith Leblanc discuss the Bargaining for the Common Good movement in a time of COVID-19 and climate crisis.
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Introduction to Bargaining for the Common Good
Bargaining for the Common Good is a recent phenomenon with deep roots in U.S. labor history. If we are to emerge from this crisis with a more equitable nation, we must reinvent collective bargaining to meet the demands of our time
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A Call to Action in This Moment
There are moments in history when the world teeters on a razor’s edge - we believe we are in such a moment. We must use the current and upcoming fights to transform our world and Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG) is an essential tool in that effort.
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Bargaining for the Common Good and the Fight for Better Banks for Our Communities
Bank workers are in unions around the world, but not in the U.S. Using Organizing and Bargaining for the Common Good, these workers are fighting the big banks, not just for their own rights, but also to stop banks from cheating all of us.
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Bargaining for Climate Justice
Bargaining for the Common Good is an important tool as we pave the road to building the just, equitable, and sustainable economy we all need and deserve.
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We Want Bread and Housing Too: Bargaining for the Common Good an Intersectional Feminist Strategy
Bargaining for the Common Good is a feminist intersectional strategy, part of the “Bread and Roses” historical legacy, rejecting the divide between home and work, between community and labor.
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Transforming Higher Education in this Moment: Uniting to Bargain for the Common Good
We must use this crisis moment to refortify shared governance models on Higher Education campuses and ensure that bargaining includes all of those impacted
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We all need a home: It’s Time for The Labor and Housing Movements to Unite
By partnering to target corporate landlords and expand the scope of what they bargain for, unions and housing justice groups are playing a crucial role in addressing the housing crisis
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Engaging Membership Through Popular Education as a Key Tool in Building Bargaining for the Common Good Campaigns
Popular education uses the immediate struggles around which community and union members are organized as entry points to build shared the struggle that is a central piece of the Bargaining for the Common Good movement and framework.
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The Origins and Urgency of Bargaining for the Common Good
Bargaining for the Common Good is a recent phenomenon with deep roots in U.S. labor history. If we are to emerge from this crisis with a more equitable nation, we must reinvent collective bargaining to meet the demands of our time
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Luchamos para vencer, no para sobrevivir: negociamos por el bien común en Puerto Rico
Ante el desastre, líderes puertorriqueños del movimiento comparten lo que han aprendido usando la Negociación por el Bien Común, forjando puentes entre comunidades y sindicatos en el camino para asegurar que la gente prospere.
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We Fight Back to Thrive, not Survive: Bargaining for the Common Good in Puerto Rico
In the face of disaster, Puerto Rican movement leaders share what they have learned using Bargaining for the Common Good, forging bridges between communities and unions to ensure that their people thrive.
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Bargaining for the Common Good as Racial Justice
Leaders call for traditional labor, newer worker organizations and the broader racial justice movement to target the real decision makers in both the public and private sectors that have a vested interest in keeping racial inequities in place.
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Going Up the Money Tree
Our economy and democracy have been hijacked - going up the money tree, an essential piece of Bargaining for the Common Good, helps us identify our true overlords so that we can force them to get out of our way.
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Lessons from the LA Teachers Common Good Campaign and Strike Victory
Conversation with union, parent and community leaders of United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA)’s January 2019 Common Good strike about the strategies and lessons learned.
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Chicago Teachers Strike for the Schools Our Students Deserve and the City Our Community Deserves
A conversation with Stacy Davis-Gates, VP of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Amisha Patel, ED of the Grassroots Collaborative, about the October 2019 Common Good strike.
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Strategic Thinking in a Long Term Crisis: One Approach for Community Based Orgs
Moving through a long-term crisis calls us to vision the future, process tough emotions, and address immediate emergencies in the present moment, often all in the same day or hour. This tool was co-created to help community-based organizations map the questions that help them navigate these difficult and complex times.
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Coronavirus and its Political Offspring
Veteran political strategist Mike Podhorzer brings his analytical rigor to COVID-19 and raises important questions about the political implications.