This policy calls for the legal recognition and protection of collective organising as a foundation of economic democracy. The law has often served to entrench concentrated power rather than enable collective self-determination. For example, tenant unions in the United States face systematic legal barriers to collective bargaining against financialised landlords.
This proposal advances a legal architecture that redistributes organising capacity toward workers, tenants, and communities. It involves enacting legislations granting formal legal standing to tenants unions, workers councils, care cooperatives, etc., to negotiate with landlords, employers, and the state; extending freedom of association and anti-retaliation protections to informal, precarious, and unpaid workers, including domestic workers, platform workers, and community caregivers; establishing public infrastructure for organising by creating publicly funded legal aid services, etc.
