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JULY 1970 No.7

SAUL MILLERExecutive Editor

REX HARDESTYAssociate Editor

Victory at GE: How It Was Done .The 1969-70 strike against General Electric meant far more thanjust the end of Boulwarism, GE's method of handling its employes ona take-it-or-Ieave-it basis. It meant 15 unions had to coordinatetheir activities and find new methods of instant communication. Thestory of what was attempted and what was accomplished includesmany lessons for the trade union movement, especially indealing with today's giant conglomerates.

James D. Compton

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The Role of the Black Trade UnionN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9In today's turbulent and trying times, black Americans are exposedto a lot of phoniness disguised as "black strategy." The most effectiveway the economically dispossessed have overcome their problemshas been through the trade union movement-and that applies justas well to black as to white. For unions, the need is for the removalof the last vestiges of discrimination. For the black trade unionist,the need is to be a militant inte1?rationist with a sensible economicstrategy and an effective political apparatus.

Frederick O'Neal

To Be a Farm Worker. 12lack Eisenberg, a young photographer who became interested in thegrape boycott in Baltimore, spent several months in Californiawith the farm workers. His camera tells the story of the long strugglefor union recognition conducted by the United Farm WorkersOrganizing Committee, AFL-CIO.

Tax Evasioo-Swiss Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18U.S. government officials are appalled when they uncover tax evasionschemes involving the secret foreign bank account, primarily inSwitzerland. But to date, little could be done to reclaim the hundredsof millions of dollars lost to U.S. tax collectors. But as morefacts are being uncovered on how the secret foreign bank canmake "dirty" money into "clean" money, some congressionalattention has been focused on the problem.

John A. Grimes

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