Open-source unionism

Term to explain a possible new model for organizing workers

Open-source unionism is a term coined by academics Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers to explain a possible new model for organizing workers that depended on the labor movement "taking its own historical lessons with diversified membership seriously and relying more heavily on the Internet in membership communication and servicing".

The idea was popularized in a June 2004 article for The Nation and more completely elaborated on in an earlier piece in the Spring 2002 issue of the academic journal WorkingUSA.

References

Freeman, Richard B. & Joel Rogers. 2004. "A Proposal to American Labor." The Nation, June 24, 2002 issue.
"Open Source Unionism: Beyond Exclusive Collective Bargaining, WorkingUSA

Organized labor

Labor history
Labor rights
Labor movement
Trade union (public sector)

Formation

Structure	Labor council Union organizer National trade union center Global union federation Unionization Union representative Clerk of the chapel Father of the chapel Local union Union dues Vigilance committee Union label Salt Trades hall Duty of fair representation Worker center
Models	Organizing model Service model Social movement unionism Community unionism Members-only unionism One Big Union Open-source unionism Business unionism Dual unionism Solidarity unionism Syndicalism
Types	Company union Independent union General union Craft unionism Industrial unionism Police union

Industrial
relations

Shops and hiring

Actions

Strike actions	Hartal General strike Bandh newspapers Green bans Overtime bans Pen-down strikes Recognition Sitdown strike Solidarity actions Walkout Whipsaw Wildcat strikes