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Meet solidarity, the next generation: Eric Lindberg - Communications Workers of America (Local 9423) secretary-treasurer and co-founder of the Next Generation Bay Area group - is armed with social media savvy and is on a mission to reignite the US labor movement.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Niesha Lofing<\/a><\/strong> – President, Pacific Media Workers Guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n

February 21, 2012<\/p>\n

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Photo by Eric Lindberg.<\/p><\/div>\n

The goal was to draw attention to a decision in San Jose that could have stripped collective bargaining rights from workers.\u00a0So about 25 members of the CWA Next Generation Bay Area group donned zombie gear, marched down to a music event at a city park and held a flash mob. Then they camped overnight in support of workers.<\/p>\n

The group has about 50 active members, with 150 more involved via email. They hold at least three events a month not including activities like voter registration drives. They attend alliance events, hold happy hours and raise awareness around social justice issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the lack of education that happens surrounding social justice and workers rights in schools right now, it\u2019s extremely important for us to educate and empower individuals because it\u2019s the people who make change,\u201d said Eric Lindberg, secretary-treasurer of CWA Local 9423 and co-founder of the Next Generation Bay Area group. \u201cChange doesn\u2019t just happen by itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meet solidarity, the next generation.<\/p>\n

Organized groups of younger union members and activists have begun emerging in recent months and years, a trend that labor leaders and experts, as well as young union members themselves, recognize as vital to the labor movement. The trend also is spurred by the AFL-CIO\u2019s Next Up Young Workers Conference, a dynamic summit created in 2010 for young activists focused on mobilizing, organizing and energizing future generations of workers.<\/p>\n

In recent years, six national unions \u2013 the CWA, Steelworkers, Electrical Workers, Office and Professional Employees, Painters and Allied Trades and Utility Workers \u2013 have passed resolutions and allocated resources to support young workers and get them more involved in union leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are being told that they just have to suck it up and live in a world without jobs. We\u2019re being told that America can\u2019t afford teachers, but we can afford CEO tax cuts. We\u2019re being asked to accept a society that rewards wealth and punishes work. A society that makes it harder for young people to go to college. A society where hate is growing \u2026 It\u2019s shameful,\u201d said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, in her keynote address during the Next Up conference held last fall. \u201cThe economic and social problems, the hate and the fear we see around us this day can only be solved by a fresh generation of committed, smart, tireless and creative activists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Younger workers are desperately needed to help refuel the labor movement, which like the workforce in general, has grown much older in its composition.<\/p>\n

In 1983, the typical union worker was 38 years old, while in 2008, the typical union worker was 45 years old, according to a study by the Washington D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.<\/p>\n

Part of that is due to the Baby Boomers and workers getting older, but the decline in the labor movement also is to blame, said Kris Warner, who co-authored the 2009 study with researcher John Schmitt.<\/p>\n

In 2011, the most recent year for which there is data, the union membership rate was 11.8 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 1983, the first year for which comparable union data was available, the union membership rate was 20.1 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe labor movement needs young people,\u201d Warner said. \u201cYou can\u2019t just have it being older folks and no one there to replenish the older folks. But the young people also need the labor movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unionized workers between the ages of 18 and 29 earned on average 12.4 percent more income than their non-unionized peers.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s up to unions \u2013 and groups like the Young Workers of Northern California \u2013 to ensure that message is reaching future generations.<\/p>\n

Helping promote union values is one of the missions of the Young Workers\u2019 group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to educate younger members about getting involved with their local unions and government,\u201d said Pat Conaty, a member of IBEW Local 340 and the Young Workers. \u201cYoung people are going to be the leaders of tomorrow, and if we don\u2019t educate them and pass along union values, it\u2019s going to make it even harder for all of us \u2026 We need to keep those ideals strong for future generations so they\u2019ll have a 40-hour work week, health plans and pensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Young Workers group has held two events and is planning another in early March. While it\u2019s comprised mostly of union members, the group is open to anyone who wants to be involved, young or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to incorporate all young workers, because really, it\u2019s everyone\u2019s fight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One of the toughest issues they have to overcome, however, is getting people to take time out of their lives to get involved in the movement. Conaty has been a member of the Electrical Workers union since he was 19, but is only now, at 32, becoming readily active.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realized that the less I\u2019m involved, that\u2019s one less person that\u2019s able to help out,\u201d he said. \u201cIf everyone has that attitude, you\u2019ll end up with no one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Niesha Lofing,<\/a> president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, is managing editor of the Sacramento Valley Union Labor Bulletin<\/a>, a nonprofit monthly publication of the Sacramento Central Labor Council and Sacramento-Sierra\u2019s Building & Construction Trades Council.<\/em><\/p>\n

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