Hardnosed, But True

Globalization could spur organized labor to rethink its premises, objectives, and strategies. But the prospect for that is not clear, according to respondents to this month’s column.

As Arun Joshi put it, “Now that the world is becoming a global village, it falls to labor’s competency and its ability to move up the value chain that will allow it to share the positive gains. If labor tries the old tactic of strikes, management will just outsource the staff from somewhere else…”

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