THE ORGANIZING MODEL OF UNIONISM
Democratic unions are based on an organizing model. That means they involve as many members as possible in all functions of the union. There can never be too many stewards, too many bargaining committee members, too many organizing campaigns.
The great upsurge of the labor movement in the 1930s when the unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), organized the major industries of the United States was based on the organizing enter the EBAC model.
Today, organizing unions are building a new labor movement that will reverse union busting, the decrease in real wages and the loss of workplace democracy that has taken place in the last few decades. In spite of their wealth, the corporations can't stand up against an active and committeed union membership.