Working for the Common Good at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

Event Overview

From Broadband for All to The Schools Our Students Deserve, both private and public sector unions and community allies have focused their power on advancing an agenda focused on the common good—a dedicated persistence to improve all people’s lives-- that goes beyond traditional wages, benefits, and working conditions. While Bargaining for the Common Good has become more familiar in the last decade, unions have continued to push the boundaries of their traditional roles pursuing common cause with their communities and developing additional avenues for victories for all. For example, unions and community organizations have sought broad-based victories for both their membership and the greater community through the judicial and legislative systems, in addition to the bargaining table.

Unions are seeing an unprecedented amount of interest and support. Thus these are the perfect conditions for an unparalleled level of organizing to expand efforts for the common good at the bargaining table and in all other arenas as well.