# Organized Organizations By:: [[Ross Jackson]] 2023-12-23 Organizations contain labor. If and how that labor is organized within organizations is consequential. Often, in professional and manufacturing organizations, a distinction is commonly made between those in management and the rest of the workforce assigned to various departments. These departments provide a way of categorizing labor but do not form a basis for organizing it. Organized labor allows people to work together in solidarity to advance their shared employment concerns. As currently practiced, where organized labor exists, there is a distinction between labor and management, in which the first-level supervisor (i.e., the first echelon of management) is not part of the organized labor. This weakens the ability of organized labor to unify and often externalizes its voice. This, of course, is no accident. Future organized organizations would benefit from allowing first-level supervisors to be part of and represent the organically organized labor within the existing managerial structure of an organization. This would allow for better representation of labor concerns within strategic discussions and decisions. This integration would allow organized labor to be an organic part of the organization and reduce the tension associated with unions. The current situation calls for something better. Perhaps organized organizations are a place to start. #### Related Items [[Organization]] [[Organized Labor]] [[Union]] [[Work]] [[Management]] [[Structure]]