Unions for a Global Economy

Workers are following the footsteps of business executives, expanding and gaining global influence by merging with counterparts in other sectors and around the world. “As unions begin their inevitable transformation into global entities, globalization's cheerleaders must define themselves more clearly, urges “Washington Post” columnist Harold Meyerson. “In other words, are they really for globalization, or just the return to the laissez-faire, enrich-the-rich world that existed before the New Deal?” Meyerson lists some recent union negotiations and mergers, and points out how the unions vow to protect human rights and retirement benefits, and work to ensure that workers’ financial security is not, as Meyerson puts it, “a dispensable commodity.” – YaleGlobal