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Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
James Young
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Description for Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KNBL; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor union. And even if you re part of that unionized 10 percent, chances are your union doesn't carry much economic or political clout. But this was not always the case, as historian and activist James Young shows in this vibrant story of the United Electrical Workers Union. The UE, built by hundreds of rank-and-file worker-activists in the quintessentially industrial town of Erie, Pennsylvania, was able to transform the conditions of the working class largely because it went beyond ... Read more
If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor union. And even if you re part of that unionized 10 percent, chances are your union doesn't carry much economic or political clout. But this was not always the case, as historian and activist James Young shows in this vibrant story of the United Electrical Workers Union. The UE, built by hundreds of rank-and-file worker-activists in the quintessentially industrial town of Erie, Pennsylvania, was able to transform the conditions of the working class largely because it went beyond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583676189
SKU
V9781583676189
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About James Young
James Young (Wheeler Group University of Sydney Australia Wheeler Group Wheeler Group University of Sydney, Australia University of Sydney, Australia Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group Wheeler Group)
Reviews for Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
That the United Electrical Workers Union was still alive at the end of the 1950s, a decade of redbaiting, raids, and repression against the labor left, has been considered a minor miracle. In this wonderfully detailed account of human courage and solidarity, based on dozens of interviews with participants, Jim Young uncovers the secret behind that miracle. A must-read for ... Read more