Unions in crisis? the future of organized labor in America /

From the Publisher: Unionism in the United States was quite successful during and after World War II, especially during the "golden years" of American capitalism (1947-73) as workers' wages increased quite dramatically in a number of industries. For example, average hourly earnings fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schiavone, Michael.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Series:American social and political movements.
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Table of Contents:
  • The importance of the labor movement
  • The rise and fall of organized labor
  • Strategies to stop the decline
  • SEIU and change to win : progressive or more of the same?
  • Social justice unionism : a path to labor's renewal
  • Nontraditional strategies
  • Conclusion : a beginning.