A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy Contributor(s): McAlevey, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062908596 ISBN-13: 9780062908599 Publisher: Ecco Press
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
Dewey: 331.890 |
LCCN: 2019028863 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019 Publishers Weekly 11/04/2019 Publishers Weekly 11/11/2019 pg. 51 Library Journal 12/01/2019 pg. 99 Booklist 12/01/2019 pg. 6 |
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Publisher Description: From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracy For decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States. Yet as McAlevey reminds us, there is one weapon whose effectiveness has been proven repeatedly throughout U.S. history: unions. In A Collective Bargain, longtime labor organizer, environmental activist, and political campaigner Jane McAlevey makes the case that unions are a key institution capable of taking effective action against today's super-rich corporate class. Since the 1930s, when unions flourished under New Deal protections, corporations have waged a stealthy and ruthless war against the labor movement. And they've been winning. Until today. Because, as McAlevey shows, unions are making a comeback. Want to reverse the nation's mounting wealth gap? Put an end to sexual harassment in the workplace? End racial disparities on the job? Negotiate climate justice? Bring back unions. As McAlevey travels from Pennsylvania hospitals, where nurses are building a new kind of patient-centered unionism, to Silicon Valley, where tech workers have turned to old-fashioned collective action, to the battle being waged by America's teachers, readers have a ringside seat at the struggles that will shape our country--and our future. |
Contributor Bio(s): McAlevey, Jane: - Jane McAlevey is an organizer, author, and scholar. She is currently a senior policy fellow at the University of California at Berkeley's Labor Center, part of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. McAlevey is also the strikes correspondent at The Nation magazine, has a biweekly advice column on strategy at Jacobin magazine, and is a regular media commentator. She continues to work as an organizer on union campaigns, to lead contract negotiations, and to train and develop organizers. Her first book, Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement, was named the "most valuable book of 2012" by The Nation. In 2015, she received her Ph.D. from the City University of New York, followed by two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Law School. |
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