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Author : Wei-Chiao Huang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Organized Labor at the Crossroads written by Wei-Chiao Huang and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam F. Parigi
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Organized Labor at the Crossroads written by Sam F. Parigi and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chuck McCutcheon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (919 download)
Download or read book Unions at a Crossroads written by Chuck McCutcheon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labor unions have played a central role in recent national fights to raise the minimum wage, reduce income disparity and make work hours and rules more worker friendly. In addition, unions have sought to expand their message and membership ranks to nonunion groups and some white-collar sectors, such as adjunct college faculty and lawyers, and to offer union leadership positions to black women, one of their most loyal constituencies. The recent surge in union activity has prompted some observers to speculate that organized labor may be ripe for a revival. However, some academic experts and labor activists say the odds are stacked against that. They point to continued declines in union membership and unyielding opposition from many businesses and the Republican Party, as well as structural shifts in the workplace toward foreign outsourcing and temporary employees. Even some traditionally pro-union Democratic politicians have split with unions over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a global trade treaty backed by President Obama that labor officials argue would lead to lost jobs and lower wages.
Author : Marick Masters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313035296
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Unions at the Crossroads written by Marick Masters and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a broad assessment of the institutional health of the 28 major national unions in the United States. The membership in the unions and the financial and political resources are examined specifically from 1979 through 1993. The focus on this era is because it contains the 1980s—a time when the unions were assailed from several positions. The fundamental idea in this work is that the resources of the union affect their capacities to undertake a variety of activities, and that the unions have a great deal of institutional strength which is likely to ensure their existence in the future.
Author : Michael Eisenscher
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Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Critical Juncture written by Michael Eisenscher and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Fairbrother
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Trade Unions at the Crossroads written by Peter Fairbrother and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Case studies of workplaces in manufacturing, privatized utilities and public sectors in the West Midlands illuminate and support the arguments for union renewal presented here. The prospects for such renewal are rooted, the author argues, in the ways unions organize, their modes of representation and the objectives they pursue."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ruth Milkman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501728830
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Organizing Immigrants written by Ruth Milkman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recruiting the growing numbers of immigrants into union ranks is imperative for the besieged U.S. labor movement. Nowhere is this task more pressing than in California, where immigrants make up a quarter of the population and hold many of the manual jobs that were once key strongholds of organized labor. The first book to offer in-depth coverage of this timely topic, Organizing Immigrants analyzes the recent history of and prospects for union organizing among foreign-born workers in the nation's most populous state. Are foreign-born workers more or less receptive to unionization than their native-born counterparts? Are undocumented immigrants as likely as legal residents and naturalized citizens to join unions? How much does the political, cultural, and ethnic background of immigrants matter? What are the social, political, and economic conditions that facilitate immigrant unionization? Drawing on newly collected evidence, the contributors to this volume explore these and other questions, analyzing immigrant employment and unionization trends in California and examining recent strikes and organizing efforts involving foreign-born workers. The case studies include both successful and unsuccessful campaigns, innovative and traditional strategies, and a variety of industrial and service sector settings.
Author : Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Jamaica Plain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Labor at the Crossroads written by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Jamaica Plain) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Geoghegan
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595588361
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Only One Thing Can Save Us written by Thomas Geoghegan and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is labor's day over or is this the big moment? Acclaimed author Geoghegan asserts that only a new kind of labor movement can help the country switch course toward a future that is fair and prosperous for all Americans.
Author : Marick Francis Masters
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Unions at the Crossroads written by Marick Francis Masters and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Kimeldorf
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520218337
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Battling for American Labor written by Howard Kimeldorf and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This riveting, nuanced book takes seriously the workplace radicalism of many early twentieth century American workers. The restriction of working class militancy to the workplace, it shows, was no mere economism. Organizational rather than psychological in orientation, Battling For American Labor accounts for both the early preference of dockworkers in Philadelphia and hotel and restaurant workers in New York for the IWW rather than the AFL and for the reversal of this choice in the 1920s. In so doing, it points the way to a fresh reading of American labor history."—Ira Katznelson, Columbia University "Howard Kimeldorf's book, based on sound and solid historical research in archives, newspapers, journals, memoirs and oral histories, argues that workers in the United States, regardless of their precise union affiliation, harbored syndicalist tendencies which manifested themselves in direct action on the job. Because Kimeldorf's book reinterprets much of the history of the labor movement in the United States, it will surely generate much controversy among scholars and capture the attention of readers."—Melvyn Dubofsky, Binghamton University, SUNY "Howard Kimeldorf's new book is a very exciting accomplishment. This book will surely leave a major imprint on labor history and the sociology of labor. Kimeldorf's focus on repertoires of collective action and practice instead of ideology is a particularly important contribution; one that will force students of labor to rethink many worn-out arguments. After reading Battling For American Labor, one will no longer be able to assume the IWW's defeat was inevitable, or take seriously psychological theories of worker consciousness."—David Wellman, author of The Union Makes Us Strong
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Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)
Download or read book The Labor Movement at the Crossroads written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zachary Andrew Montz
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Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (94 download)
Download or read book "Negro Laborers to the Crossroads" written by Zachary Andrew Montz and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 2, 1964, the members of the all-black Independent Metal Workers Local 2 at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas struck a major blow for the rights of black workers by securing an order from the National Labor Relations Board prohibiting their employer and all-white IMW Local 1 from practicing racial discrimination in union membership policies and in company contracts. The NLRB decision set a national precedent in favor of racial equality in industrial employment. It was the culmination of three decades of effort by black oil and steel workers in and around Houston to use the institutions of organized labor - unions, federal labor agencies, and labor law - to secure substantive economic gains and equality of opportunity, rights, and treatment at work. The long fight against employment discrimination in Houston met opposition both from employers and from white workers reluctant to surrender their positions of marginal privilege. It also split the city's black community on the labor question. Groups of black workers, civil rights activists, lawyers, and community leaders battled over fundamental issues of strategy and over the proper relationship between black workers and the labor movement, their white counterparts, and employers. There were two broad factions: one committed to a social democratic vision of working class advance through the biracial unions of the CIO, the other mistrustful of white workers and labor leaders, favorably disposed towards employers, and dedicated to promoting black self-determination and autonomy through "independent" labor organizations. Drawing upon the records of unions, the NAACP, and the federal labor bureaucracy, as well as Houston's black newspapers, this dissertation pays particular attention to the many mid-level organizers and activists involved in union campaigns in the 1930s and 1940s and charts the turn towards the courts and the NLRB in the 1950s and 1960s as black workers disappointed with the labor movement fought to secure their rights. In doing so, it aims both to explore the relationship between black workers and organized labor and to assess the strengths and shortcomings of biracial movements, democratic institutions, and the law as means for promoting equality.
Author : Bill Fletcher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520255259
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Solidarity Divided written by Bill Fletcher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Anyone concerned with the struggles of America's working people is going to be fascinated by this rare, insiders' look at the external forces and internal fumblings that have so drastically weakened the labor movement. Both in its sweeping analysis and priceless reportage, Solidarity Divided is a deeply illuminating book and a solid argument for why our unions need to reclaim their historic heritage as a militant, grassroots movement.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed "Bill Fletcher and Fernando Gapasin have put together a hard-hitting analysis of the crisis facing organized labor. But this is not just something for people involved in unions. If we are to build a movement for social justice then we must confront the issues that they are raising."—Danny Glover "This is an extraordinarily important and provocative reflection on the limitations of self-reform and reinvention within the American labor movement. The authors provide readers with a unique first-hand view of internal debates, personalities, and decision-making processes but also use their intimate knowledge of union culture and carefully narrated case studies to transcend mere stone-throwing. This book is unlikely to be matched by any other journalistic account or memoir.... A landmark in all debates about 'what next' for labor."—Mike Davis, author of Prisoners of the American Dream "There are few writers and activists whom I would rather read on the recent past, the present and the future of the labor movement than Fernando Gapasin and William Fletcher. This is an especially accessible and balanced exploration of recent efforts at community unionism, international solidarity, coalition with nonunion workers and empowerment of immigrants. Above all this is far and away the best argument for the importance of central labor unions that I have read."—David R. Roediger, author of Working Toward Whiteness “This is a very valuable work, well-written and useful to union activists and students of working-class life and history alike. Fletcher and Gapasin have performed a public service of high quality by bringing into the national conversation an enlightened focus on labor and its relation to other sectors of the population, seeking to reinvigorate and enlarge our democracy. This book is 'a star to steer by' as we move through troubled waters in a dark time, confident that in our substantive unity of purpose, we can and shall overcome.”—Jack O'Dell, former associate editor, Freedomways magazine
Author : Labor at the Crossroads (Firm)
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Author : Fairbrother
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ISBN 13 : 9781844800674
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Trade Unions at the Crossroads written by Fairbrother and published by . This book was released on 2004-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stijn De Cauwer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546831
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Critical Theory at a Crossroads written by Stijn De Cauwer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are living in an age of crisis—or an age in which everything is labeled a crisis. Financial, debt, and refugee “crises” have erupted. The word has also been applied to the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Brexit, the 2016 U.S. election, and many other international events. Yet the term has contradictory political and strategic meanings for those challenging power structures and those seeking to preserve them. For critics of the status quo, can the rhetoric of crisis be used to foment urgency around issues like climate change and financialization, or does framing a situation as a “crisis” play into the hands of the existing political order, which then seeks to tighten the leash by creating a state of emergency? Critical Theory at a Crossroads presents conversations with prominent theorists about the crises that have marked the past years, the protest movements that have risen up in response, and the use of the term in political discourse. Tariq Ali, Rosi Braidotti, Wendy Brown, Maurizio Lazzarato, Angela McRobbie, Jean-Luc Nancy, Antonio Negri, Jacques Rancière, Saskia Sassen, and Joseph Vogl offer their views on contemporary challenges and how we might address them, candidly discussing the alternatives that new social movements have offered, alongside an exchange between Zygmunt Bauman and Roberto Esposito on theories of community. Sparring over crucial developments in these past years of catastrophe and the calamity of everyday life under capitalism, they shed light on how crises and the discourse of crisis can both obscure and reveal fundamental aspects of modern societies.
