Talk:Solidarity unionism

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I found this page researching "business unionism" a term I'm more familiar with than "solidarity unionism, but with basically the same definition. I am interested in expanding this page to reflect more of the history of bureaucratic domination of unions and the reform movements and incidents of disobedience ("wild cat" strikes, the RUM movenent, e.g.).

I'm a teamster and I'm trying to organize some resistance in my bargaining unit; I've also worked as an AFSCME rep on another job and this same struggle came up.

I's any one else wokring on this page or this subject?

chai 14:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I created the article and I'm hoping to put some more work into it at some point, but please feel free to contribute. I'm a Wobbly organizer and there are a few other folks around, like Richard Myers, who focus on labour issues on Wikipedia.  Given the strong anti-union biases here, it's hard slogging and we can use all the help you can offer.


 * I believe the term "solidarity unionism" originated with Staughton Lynd but I haven't been able to find a citation (yet) to prove it. SmashTheState 16:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Wow, discovered my name here. ;-)


 * This is an important article, about an important concept. It is poorly written and poorly researched, not to mention stubby. But in my judgment the sources are available to make it a good article.


 * In addition to solidarity unionism vs. bureaucratic unionism, there are similar or related concepts which should also be covered, such as minority unionism, business unionism, mainstream unionism, and at least one definition of labor aristocracy. There is some overlap in concepts, but each of these should be dealt with fairly.


 * Whether solidarity unionism should have an article under that name, or should be included as part of a more comprehensive treatment, is certainly open to discussion. But i'm pleased this article survived the nomination for deletion, at least until someone has a chance to improve it. Richard Myers (talk) 17:44, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Mention Labor Law for Rank and Filers
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer is a resource for solidarity unionism. Probably worthwhile to merge this article with Members-only_unionism (or minority unionism). Since these are all similar terms for the same concept. https://archive.iww.org/about/solidarityunionism/explained/ ~ Shushugah (talk) 22:25, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposal to merge TO Members-only unionism
Reason: from all the sources I can find on the internet, (maybe there is somewhere better to find sources?) the term "solidarity unionism" seems to have been created by Staughton Lynd, who wrote a book about it: Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below (1992) and also wrote a book encouraging the concept be used at Starbucks: Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks (2011).

The Industrial Workers of the World seem to be the only organization that supports and promotes this model of organizing:

I can't find ANY mentions of this model of union/organizing outside these two locations; (the Alphabet Workers Union called themselves this, referencing IWW) and so it seems to me as a theoretical type of organizing that has not caught on or fallen into unnecessary/obsolete after the 1935 US National Labor Relations Act.

But I have very little knowledge of labor history, so someone well versed in that area may be able to find enough sources to keep this as a standalone article? It seems to have stayed this size since creation in 2007. --- Avatar317 (talk) 22:32, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Here's another source I just came across but haven't yet read: .--- Avatar317 (talk) 23:24, 11 May 2023 (UTC)