New Shorter Case Studies

Starting on the Road to Regional Power: Community Labor United and the Greater Boston Labor Council by Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois, March 2008. 6 pages.

Click on the Links Below to Download 25-30 Page Analysis of Each Case (each links to a pdf file).

Community Benefits Agreements: Lessons from New Haven by Louise Simmons and Stephanie Luce, May 2008, 20 pages.

New York State's New Alliance Reorganization

Commentary on the AFL-CIO's New Alliance Process Across the Country

Atlanta

North Carolina
Our first state federation case study examines how leaders with limited resources have pulled together an aggressive power building program.

San Jose
A model for the three-legged stool: coalition building, policy development, political action.

Los Angeles
Aggressive political action and model economic development work.

Denver
Organizing power building in a tough environment with scarce resources. Revised in early 2006

Houston
Risk-taking outreach to an exploding immigrant population.

Seattle

Cleveland

Buffalo
Building power through innovative high road economic development and community partnerships.