Open-source Unionism

	Open-source Unionism Open-source unionism is a term coined by academics Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers to explain a possible new model for organizing workers that depended on the labor movement "taking its own historical lessons with diversified membership seriously and relying more heavily on the Internet in membership communication and servicing". The idea was popularized in a June 2004 article for ''The Nation'' and more completely elaborated on in an earlier piece in the Spring 2002 issue of the academic journal ''WorkingUSA''. See also * Freelancers Union Freelancers Union is a nonprofit organization based in New York City that provides advocacy, programming and curated insurance benefits for freelancers through partnerships. The organization dessiminates information through monthly meetings. Rafa ... - A non-profit organization in the United States that represents the needs and concerns of the independent workforce through advocacy, information, and service. References * Freeman, Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Richard B Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joel Rogers Joel Edwards Rogers is an American academic and political activist. Currently a professor of law, political science, public affairs and sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he also directs the Center on Wisconsin Strategy and its projects, including the Center for State Innovation, Mayors Innovation Project, and State Smart Transportation Initiative. Rogers is a contributing editor of ''The Nation''. Rogers has written widely on American politics and public policy, political theory, labor relations, and economic development and has helped found and run many progressive organizations. In 1997, in ''Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party'', the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 against his attempt to declare state prohibitions on "fusion" or "plural nomination"—in which a candidate may be nominated by more than one party—unconstitutional. A MacArthur Foundation "genius" fellow, he has been identified by ''Newsweek'' as one of 100 Americans most likely to affect U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Freelancers Union Freelancers Union is a nonprofit organization based in New York City that provides advocacy, programming and curated insurance benefits for freelancers through partnerships. The organization dessiminates information through monthly meetings. Rafael Espinal became executive director and president in January 2020. The Freelancers Union is not a trade union nor is it associated with one. Membership As of 2013, more than half of the 500,000 nationwide members lived in New York State. They included freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees, and those who were otherwise self-employed. This segment of workers makes up one-third of the American workforce. Nearly 25,000 people have purchased insurance through the organization's former Freelancers Insurance Company. History Working Today, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, launched Freelancers Union in 2001 to address the need for health care insurance for workers in nontraditional arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]