Category: Caselets
Labor Unions Join the Fight for Civil Rights
Time Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Labor unionsTactics - Mass action - Boycotts - Protests/Marches - Protective Presence/Witnessing Following the success...
Unions Light the Candle of Democracy in South Korea
Time Period: 2016-2017Location: South Korea, especially SeoulMain Actors: Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KCTU), People’s Action for the Immediate Resignation of President ParkTactics - Vigils - General Strikes In the...
Indian Farmers’ Unions Block Roads to Bolster Democracy
Time Period: June 2020 - December 2021Location: India (Punjab & Delhi)Main Actors: Farm Unions, organized under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (“United Farmers’ Front”)Tactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation, sit-ins -...
American Unions Mobilize Poll Workers
Time Period: 2020Location: United StatesMain Actors: AFL-CIO, AFSCME, SEIU, AFT, UNITE HERE, union membersTactics - Institutional Action The 2020 election tested the strength of US democracy. Due to the COVID-19...
Unions Join Unlikely Allies to Defend American Elections
Time Period: November 2020Location: United StatesMain Actors: AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFT, UNITE HERE, union membersTactics - Signed public statement - Declarations by organizations or institutions - Demonstrations - Assemblies of support...
Small Businesses Fuel the Fight for Freedom in Ukraine
Time Period: 1999 - 2005Location: UkraineMain Actors: Small- and medium-sized Ukrainian businesses; Anatoliy Kinakh and the League of Industrialists and EntrepreneursTactics - Material support - Institutional action - Generalized strikes ...
German Businesses Defend Democracy and Fight Extremism
Time Period: 2017-PresentLocation: GermanyMain Actors: WVIB, VDMA, Welcome Saxony, Business LeadersTactics - Civic Engagement - Media Outreach - Signed Letters of Support - Social Media Campaign Given their country’s history...
Venezuelan Businesses Fight a Rising Dictator
Time Period: November 2001 - April 2002Location: Venezuela, CaracasMain Actors: Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Production/Federación de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producción de Venezuela (Fedecámaras)Tactics -...
A Missouri Chamber of Commerce Speaks up For Their Community
Time Period: 2020Location: United States, MissouriMain Actors: Joplin Area Chamber of CommerceTactics - Establishing new social patterns In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter...
Check My Ads Illuminates Authoritarian Advertising
Time Period: 2021-PresentLocation: United States, Online CampaignMain Actors: Check My Ads InstituteTactics Used - Online Boycotts - Social Media Campaigns - Newsletters In 2021, Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin, two...