One Big Union
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One Big Union is a labor movement concept advocating that all workers join a single, unified union to collectively challenge capitalist exploitation and control industry democratically.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor movement concept
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trade unionism strategy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge capitalist exploitation
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democratize control of industry ⓘ maximize workers’ collective bargaining power ⓘ overcome divisions between different craft and industrial unions ⓘ unite workers across trades, industries, and skill levels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
industrial unionism
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revolutionary unionism ⓘ socialist labor movements ⓘ syndicalism ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | business unionism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
the need for unified organization to confront capital
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the working class as a single class with common interests ⓘ |
| goal |
replacement of capitalist management with democratic worker control
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workers’ collective control over production ⓘ |
| hasCoreIdea | all workers should belong to a single, unified union ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
debates within the labor movement about union structure
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early 20th-century radical labor movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist ideas about class struggle
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syndicalist ideas about workers’ control ⓘ |
| opposes |
craft unionism
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fragmentation of workers into many small unions ⓘ |
| strategyIncludes |
coordinated industrial action
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cross-industry solidarity actions ⓘ mass strikes ⓘ |
| supports |
class-wide organization of workers
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direct action by workers ⓘ solidarity across different sectors of the working class ⓘ |
| viewsCapitalismAs | a system based on exploitation of labor ⓘ |
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