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A New Labor Movement for the New Century Gregory Mantsios

A New Labor Movement for the New Century By Gregory Mantsios

A New Labor Movement for the New Century by Gregory Mantsios


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Leaders and activists associated with the mainstream American Federation of Labor after the election of reformer John Sweeney as president in 1995 offer their plans and visions for the labor movement. In 13 original essays they cover democracy, ideology, and change; organizing the unorganized; dive

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A New Labor Movement for the New Century by Gregory Mantsios

This collection of original essays offers an inside view of the current state of American unions. Most of the contributors are prominent activists in the AFL-CIO, and their writings assess the state of the movement in the late 1990s.

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For students of American unionism, A New Labor Movementfor the New Century is an excellent source capturing progressive sentiment at a critical moment in organized labor's history. -- Labor History

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Table of Contents

Part 1 Democracy, Ideology, and Change; Chapter 1 Creating Democratic Communities in the Workplace, Elaine Bernard; Chapter 2 Whose Democracy? Organized Labor and Member Control, Bill Fletcher, Jr.; Chapter 3 A New Labor Movement in the Shell of the Old?*.This article is a substantial revision of an essay that appeared in the Labor Research Review 24 (Summer 1996)., Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello; Chapter 4 What Does Labor Stand For?, Gregory Mantsios; Part 2 Organizing the Unorganized; Chapter 5 Taking the Offensive, Turning the Tide, Stephen Lerner; Chapter 6 Membership-Based Organizing, Steve Early; Chapter 7 Successful Organizing at the Local Level: The Experience of AFSCME District Council 1707, Josephine LeBeau, Kevin Lynch; Chapter 8 Moving Innovation from the Margins to the Center, Janice Fine; Part 3 Diversity and Inclusion; Chapter 9 Women Workers: Strategies for Inclusion and Rebuilding Unionism, Ruth Needleman; Chapter 10 Getting Serious About Inclusion: A Comprehensive Approach, Jose La Luz, Paula Finn; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Diversity and Inclusion in the AFL-CIO, May Chen, Kent Wong; Chapter 12 Transforming Unions and Building a Movement, Larry Adams; Part 4 Part ies and Politics; Chapter 13 Blocking Bridges: Class-Based Politics and the Labor Movement, Patricia Lippold, Bob Kirkman; Chapter 14 Labor's Role in the Political Arena, Dennis Rivera; Chapter 15 Building a Part y of Our Own, Tony Mazzocchi; Chapter 16 The Politics of Leadership: The Role of Unions in Developing Policy Initiatives, Arthur Cheliotes; Part 5 International Affairs; Chapter 17 Developing and Enforcing International Labor Standards, Barbara Shailor, George Kourpias; Chapter 18 New Voice, New Internationalism, Andy Banks; Chapter 19 International Labor Solidarity in an Era of Global Competition, Hector J. Figueroa; Chapter 20 Building a Member-Based International Program, Ron Blackwell;

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NPB9780815324737
9780815324737
0815324731
A New Labor Movement for the New Century by Gregory Mantsios
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
1998-07-01
432
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