A New American Labor Movement
The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2021
276 pages
978-1-4384-8550-8 (ISBN)
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Describes how new kinds of direct-action labor movements are emerging to reshape American labor activism in the twenty-first century.
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William E. Scheuerman
A New American Labor Movement
The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
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William E. Scheuerman
A New American Labor Movement
The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
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10/2021
State University of New York Press
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William E. Scheuerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Prior to retiring as President of the National Labor College, he served as President of the United University Professions, the faculty and staff union at SUNY. He is currently Treasurer of the American Labor Studies Center. Scheuerman has authored several books, including United University Professions: Pioneering in Higher Education Unionism (with Nuala McGann Drescher and Ivan D. Steen), also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Why Unions Matter
2. The Long Slide
3. Farmworkers Fight Back
4. Worker Centers in Focus
5. Freelancers Union: Backward to the Future?
6. Taking to the Streets
7. All Roads Lead to. Sectoral Bargaining?
Notes
Index
Introduction
1. Why Unions Matter
2. The Long Slide
3. Farmworkers Fight Back
4. Worker Centers in Focus
5. Freelancers Union: Backward to the Future?
6. Taking to the Streets
7. All Roads Lead to. Sectoral Bargaining?
Notes
Index
