Labor advocate, activist, theorist, writer and long haul driver of oil tanker trucks who worked against the growing use of temporary workers and worker exploitation in the face of globalization.
Raised in Dedham, MA, the son of a labor union president who represented railway car welders, he attended the Huntington School for Boys in Boston, graduating in 1964. He attended Goddard College, Franconia College, and the New School in New York where he joined Students for a Democratic Society before obtaining his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1990.
In the 1970s, he traveled across the country studying the effects of the recession on young workers and co-authoring a book, "Common Sense for Hard Times" with Jeremy Brecher.
They went on to co-write three other books, "Building Bridges: The Emerging Grassroots of Labor and Community" in 1990, "Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up" in 1994, and "Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity" in 2000 with Brendan Smith.
In 1999, Mr. Costello founded an organization, the Campaign on Contingent Work which evolved into another organization he helped to found, the North American Alliance for Fair Employment or NAAFE.
He also produced an Emmy nominated documentary, "Global Village or Global Pillage".
He was survived by a brother, wife, 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Sources: Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times and the Global Labor Strategies' Memorial.
Raised in Dedham, MA, the son of a labor union president who represented railway car welders, he attended the Huntington School for Boys in Boston, graduating in 1964. He attended Goddard College, Franconia College, and the New School in New York where he joined Students for a Democratic Society before obtaining his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1990.
In the 1970s, he traveled across the country studying the effects of the recession on young workers and co-authoring a book, "Common Sense for Hard Times" with Jeremy Brecher.
They went on to co-write three other books, "Building Bridges: The Emerging Grassroots of Labor and Community" in 1990, "Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up" in 1994, and "Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity" in 2000 with Brendan Smith.
In 1999, Mr. Costello founded an organization, the Campaign on Contingent Work which evolved into another organization he helped to found, the North American Alliance for Fair Employment or NAAFE.
He also produced an Emmy nominated documentary, "Global Village or Global Pillage".
He was survived by a brother, wife, 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Sources: Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times and the Global Labor Strategies' Memorial.
Labor advocate, activist, theorist, writer and long haul driver of oil tanker trucks who worked against the growing use of temporary workers and worker exploitation in the face of globalization.
Raised in Dedham, MA, the son of a labor union president who represented railway car welders, he attended the Huntington School for Boys in Boston, graduating in 1964. He attended Goddard College, Franconia College, and the New School in New York where he joined Students for a Democratic Society before obtaining his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1990.
In the 1970s, he traveled across the country studying the effects of the recession on young workers and co-authoring a book, "Common Sense for Hard Times" with Jeremy Brecher.
They went on to co-write three other books, "Building Bridges: The Emerging Grassroots of Labor and Community" in 1990, "Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up" in 1994, and "Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity" in 2000 with Brendan Smith.
In 1999, Mr. Costello founded an organization, the Campaign on Contingent Work which evolved into another organization he helped to found, the North American Alliance for Fair Employment or NAAFE.
He also produced an Emmy nominated documentary, "Global Village or Global Pillage".
He was survived by a brother, wife, 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Sources: Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times and the Global Labor Strategies' Memorial.
Raised in Dedham, MA, the son of a labor union president who represented railway car welders, he attended the Huntington School for Boys in Boston, graduating in 1964. He attended Goddard College, Franconia College, and the New School in New York where he joined Students for a Democratic Society before obtaining his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1990.
In the 1970s, he traveled across the country studying the effects of the recession on young workers and co-authoring a book, "Common Sense for Hard Times" with Jeremy Brecher.
They went on to co-write three other books, "Building Bridges: The Emerging Grassroots of Labor and Community" in 1990, "Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up" in 1994, and "Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity" in 2000 with Brendan Smith.
In 1999, Mr. Costello founded an organization, the Campaign on Contingent Work which evolved into another organization he helped to found, the North American Alliance for Fair Employment or NAAFE.
He also produced an Emmy nominated documentary, "Global Village or Global Pillage".
He was survived by a brother, wife, 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Sources: Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times and the Global Labor Strategies' Memorial.
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