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Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers

Author : Herman W. Benson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780960224470
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers written by Herman W. Benson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume fills a neglected chapter in contemporary labor history. The adoption of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, which provided federal support for civil liberties and fair elections in unions, triggered a wave of insurgency as reformers throughout the labor movement fought to gain control of their unions by strengthening union democracy and eradicating corruption. This book tells their story." -- p. [245].

Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers

Author : Herman W. Benson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers written by Herman W. Benson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume fillls a neglected chapter in contemporary history. The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, which provided federal support for civil liberties and fair elections in unions, triggered a wave of insurgency as reformers throughout the labort movement fought to gain control of their unions by strengthening union democracy and eradicating corruption. This is their story." -- Back cover.

Rebels and Reformers

Author : Arthur Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebels and Reformers written by Arthur Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shadow of the Racketeer

Author : David Scott Witwer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252076664
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Shadow of the Racketeer written by David Scott Witwer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it

Mobsters, Unions, and Feds

Author : James B. Jacobs
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814742947
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Mobsters, Unions, and Feds written by James B. Jacobs and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to document organized labor and the massive federal clean-up effort.

Save Our Unions

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583674306
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Save Our Unions written by Steve Early and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they're trying to democratize their union, win a strike, defend past contract gains, or bargain with management for the first time. Drawing on forty years of personal experience, Early writes about cross-border union campaigning, labor strategies for organizing and health care reform, and political initiatives that might lessen worker dependence on the Democratic Party. Save Our Unions contains vivid portraits of rank-and-file heroes and heroines, both well-known and unsung. It takes readers to union conventions and funerals, strikes and picket-lines, celebrations of labor's past and struggles to insure that unions still have a future in the 21st century. The book's insight, analysis and advocacy make this an important contribution to the project of labor revitalization and reform"--

Breaking the Devil's Pact

Author : James B. Jacobs
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814743668
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Devil's Pact written by James B. Jacobs and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title traces the history of US v. IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters), beginning with Giuliani's controversial lawsuit and continuing with in-depth analysis of the ups and downs of an unprecedented remedial effort involving the Department of Justice, the federal courts, and the IBT itself.

Activists, Rebels and Reformers

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (942 download)

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Download or read book Activists, Rebels and Reformers written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608460991
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor written by Steve Early and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade union leader and journalist Steve Early discusses how to reverse American labour's current decline.

Anthropology of Labor Unions

Author : E. Paul Durrenberger
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457109425
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology of Labor Unions written by E. Paul Durrenberger and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anthropology of Labor Unions presents ethnographic data and analysis in eight case studies from several very diverse industries. It covers a wide range of topics, from the role of women and community in strikes to the importance of place in organization, and addresses global concerns with studies from Mexico and Malawu. Union-organized workplaces consistently afford workers higher wages and better pensions, benefits, and health coverage than their nonunion counterparts. In addition, women and minorities who belong to unions are more likely to receive higher wages and benefits than their nonunion peers. Given the economic advantages of union membership, one might expect to see higher rates of organization across industries, but labor affiliation is at an all-time low. What accounts for this discrepancy? The contributors in this volume provide a variety of perspectives on this paradox, including discussions of approaches to and findings on the histories, cultures, and practices of organized labor. They also address substantive issues such as race, class, gender, age, generation, ethnicity, health and safety concerns, corporate co-optation of unions, and the cultural context of union-management relationships. The first to bring together anthropological case studies of labor unions, this volume will appeal to cultural anthropologists, social scientists, sociologists, and those interested in labor studies and labor movements.

Sisters in the Brotherhoods

Author : J. LaTour
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230614078
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Sisters in the Brotherhoods written by J. LaTour and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sisters in the Brotherhoods is an oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s. It is a story of the fight against deeply ingrained cultural assumptions about what constitutes women's work, the middle-class bias of feminism, the daily grinding sexism of male co-workers, and the institutionalised discrimination of employers and unions. It is also the story of some gutsy women who, seeking the material rewards and personal satisfactions of skilled manual labour, have struggled to make a place for themselves among New York City's construction workers, stationary engineers, firefighters, electronic technicians, plumbers, and transit workers. Each story contributes to an important unifying theme: the way women confronted the enormous sexism embedded in union culture and developed new organisational forms to support their struggles, including and especially the United Tradeswomen.

Where Do We Go from Here?

Author : Mark Major
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739137190
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Where Do We Go from Here? written by Mark Major and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progressive politics has long been in crisis in the United States. As the radical Left realizes the dire consequences of defining themselves solely by what they are against, this collection challenges leading engaged academics and activists to show how radical politics can lead to a more fruitful democracy. Dealing with pressing issues of the day such as health care, race, immigration, religion, foreign policy, unions, feminism, liberalism, education, and the media, this edited volume looks at the prospects for a progressive turn in U.S. politics. In doing so, it hopes to inspire the radical imagination by showing where we can go from here. As technology continues to enable greater access to ideas around the world, the power of intellectuals is greater than ever. And given that the world is full of crushing poverty, sexism, uneven development, environmental degeneration, religious fanaticism, racism, and imperialism, the need for intellectuals to inspire the radical imagination by championing principles of economic and social justice, democracy, and universality is also greater than ever. However, political visions are required to guide that struggle. This is the aim of this book.

AFL-CIO's Secret War Against Developing Country Workers

Author : Kim Scipes
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739135023
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book AFL-CIO's Secret War Against Developing Country Workers written by Kim Scipes and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the themes of imperialism and empire from the perspective of the foreign policy program of organized labor in the United States. It details efforts to make real popular democracy within Labor. The author calls for American workers to join the global movement for economic and social justice and to extend globalization from 'below' against the values and activities of the top-down and destructive military-corporate globalization that has been sweeping the world for years.

On New Terrain

Author : Kim Moody
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608468720
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book On New Terrain written by Kim Moody and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A detailed and provocative study of how capital has changed since the 1980s and its effects on the working class and political parties in the USA.” —Scottish Left Review On New Terrain challenges conventional wisdom about a disappearing working class and the inevitability of a two-party political structure as the only framework for struggle. Through in-depth study of the economic and political shifts at the top of society, Moody shows how recent developments in capitalist production impact the working class and its power to resist the status quo. He argues that this transformed industrial terrain offers new possibilities for organization in the workplace and opens doors for grassroots, independent political action strengthened by reemerging labor and social movements. From the logistics revolution to the unprecedented concentration of business and wealth in the hands of the one percent, On New Terrain examines the impact of the current economic terrain on the working class in the United States. Looking beyond the clichés of precarity and the gig economy, Moody shows that the working class and its own self-activity are essential in the global battle against austerity. “[A] masterful and much-needed book.” —Solidarity “Immediately shakes the reader by offering a hard hitting, concrete and sober analysis of the transformation of both the capitalist and working classes of the USA.” —Bill Fletcher, Jr., coauthor of Solidarity Divided “He explodes myths about the gig economy and the potential to transform the Democratic Party. Readers will put the book down convinced that there is a way for workers to win.” —LaborNotes

Embedded with Organized Labor

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583671889
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Embedded with Organized Labor written by Steve Early and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how union members have organized successfully, on the job and in the community, in the face of employer opposition now and in the past in a series of essays—an unusual exercise in “participatory labor journalism.” From publisher description.

We Are the Union

Author : Dana L. Cloud
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252093410
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book We Are the Union written by Dana L. Cloud and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary tale of union democracy, Dana L. Cloud engages union reformers at Boeing in Wichita and Seattle to reveal how ordinary workers attempted to take command of their futures by chipping away at the cozy partnership between union leadership and corporate management. Taking readers into the central dilemma of having to fight an institution while simultaneously using it as a bastion of basic self-defense, We Are the Union offers a sophisticated exploration of the structural opportunities and balance of forces at play in modern unions told through a highly relevant case study. Focusing on the 1995 strike at Boeing, Cloud renders a multi-layered account of the battles between company and the union and within the union led by Unionists for Democratic Change and two other dissident groups. She gives voice to the company's claims of the hardships of competitiveness and the entrenched union leaders' calls for concessions in the name of job security, alongside the democratic union reformers' fight for a rank-and-file upsurge against both the company and the union leaders. We Are the Union is grounded in on-site research and interviews and focuses on the efforts by Unionists for Democratic Change to reform unions from within. Incorporating theory and methods from the fields of organizational communication as well as labor studies, Cloud methodically uncovers and analyzes the goals, strategies, and dilemmas of the dissidents who, while wanting to uphold the ideas and ideals of the union, took up the gauntlet to make it more responsive to workers and less conciliatory toward management, especially in times of economic stress or crisis. Cloud calls for a revival of militant unionism as a response to union leaders' embracing of management and training programs that put workers in the same camp as management, arguing that reform groups should look to the emergence of powerful industrial unions in the United States for guidance on revolutionizing existing institutions and building new ones that truly accommodate workers' needs. Drawing from communication studies, labor history, and oral history and including a chapter co-written with Boeing worker Keith Thomas, We Are the Union contextualizes what happened at Boeing as an exemplar of agency that speaks both to the past and the future.

A Short History of the U.S. Working Class

Author : Paul Le Blanc
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608466698
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the U.S. Working Class written by Paul Le Blanc and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “His aim is to make the history of labor in the U.S. more accessible to students and the general reader. He succeeds” (Booklist). In a blend of economic, social, and political history, Paul Le Blanc shows how important labor issues have been, and continue to be, in the forging of our nation. Within a broad analytical framework, he highlights issues of class, gender, race, and ethnicity, and includes the views of key figures of United States labor. The result is a thought-provoking look at centuries of American history from a perspective that is too often ignored or forgotten. “An excellent overview, enhanced by a valuable glossary.” —Elaine Bernard, director of the Harvard Trade Union Program