GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv: Elmar Wigand: Germany's Labor Movement

Sep 8, 2009 Episode Archive
About this series: Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
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Elmar Wigund, a German labor organizer and writer, has been involved in a campaign to organize catering and restaurant workers at Compass Group, the...
Elmar Wigund, a German labor organizer and writer, has been involved in a campaign to organize catering and restaurant workers at Compass Group, the 20th largest employer in the world. He says prospects for US workers may not be as bleak as they seem and that German workers, typically restive, are more active than they've been in recent memory. There may even be increasing opportunities for ties between American and European workers. Compass, after all, is a multinational with corporate headquarters throughout the world. Less
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