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U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition
Kim Moody
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Description for U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition
Paperback. Tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s. This title shows how the rise of immigrant labor and its efforts at self-organization can energise the unions from below. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; KCF; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
US Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s. Looking to the future, Moody shows how the rise of immigrant labor and its efforts at self-organization can re-energize the unions from below. US Labor in Trouble and Transition is a major intervention in the ongoing debate within the US labor movement.
US Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s. Looking to the future, Moody shows how the rise of immigrant labor and its efforts at self-organization can re-energize the unions from below. US Labor in Trouble and Transition is a major intervention in the ongoing debate within the US labor movement.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844671540
SKU
V9781844671540
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kim Moody
Kim Moody was a founder of Labor Notes and author of Workers in a Lean World. He has taught at the Cornell Labor Studies Program and at Brooklyn College and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
Reviews for U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition
In US Labor in Trouble and Transition Kim Moody has broken new ground, not only with regard to how unions in the US got into trouble, but also how they might get out of it. This book goes beneath the personalities at the center of the recent split in the AFL-CIO and the cliches that usually explain it in order ... Read more