But the lessons of that history do not fade as we are forced to fight once again to defend our past gains and win new struggles. The bosses are on the offensive and they intend to smash the labour movement by right to work laws, contracting out and downsizing. They intend to create a vast army of unemployed and underemployed workers as cheap labour. History is repeating itself. Sweatshops and child labour have reared their ugly heads again.
Homework is piece work.
And we have to recreate our labour movement to address these issues. Labour History is the ultimate tool course to combat the new management strategies of the nineties. Originally published Labour News , November, 1996.