Solidarity divided the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice

The challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : different approaches to building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What'...

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1. Verfasser: Fletcher, Bill (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gapasin, Fernando (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif., London University of California Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:The challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : different approaches to building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- 1995 and the Sweeney coalition -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Quandaries at the level of strategy -- The biggest strategic challenge : globalization -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities in Los Angeles -- The Charleston 5. Charting a path not taken -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 304 S.
23cm
ISBN:0520255259
0-520-25525-9
9780520255258
978-0-520-25525-8