David McNally - Labour Quotes

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The fundamental truth about globalization — that it represents freedom for capital and unfreedom for labour — is especially clear where global migrants are concerned.

David McNally

Globalization is thus also about global commodification of labour; it is about — global proletarianization — the creation of a world working class for capital to exploit.

David McNally

Once capitalist classes learn to live with unions — which they generally do reluctantly, only after efforts to crush them have failed — they then attempt to co-opt organized labour. They do so by courting a "special relationship" with union leaders who, as their organizations become larger and more complex, typically assume the role of full time union functionaries.

David McNally