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Tag Archives: Canadian Auto Workers

Buy Domestic, Buy Local, Buy Union? Historical Lessons for Today’s Consumer Activists

   February 14, 2011 February 13, 2011    No Comments on Buy Domestic, Buy Local, Buy Union? Historical Lessons for Today’s Consumer Activists

A look at some of the problems with current consumer activist campaigns and some lessons we can learn from the past.

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American History, Canadian history, Does History Matter?, Environment, History and Everyday Life     Buy Domestic, buy local, Canadian Auto Workers, Candian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, consumer activism, craft unionism, Dana Frank, economic nationalism, Environmentalism, industrial unionism, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Steven High, sweatshops, union label, United Automobile Workers

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