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Upheaval in the Quiet Zone Leon Fink

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone By Leon Fink

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone by Leon Fink


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A classic labor history, newly updated and expanded

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Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199/SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism by Leon Fink

This new second edition updates the dramatic story of 1199SEIU, an insurgent labor union that eventually established itself as a vital force in the modern labor movement. When SEIU president Andrew Stern laid plans in 2006 for a new national health care workers union that would both reach out to the unorganized and campaign for universal, national health insurance, he turned to 1199 president Dennis Rivera--and the 1199 political model--to lead the effort. With new material that updates the union's history since the 1990s, this book conveys the promise and problems of movement-building in the twenty-first century health care industry.

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone Reviews

This study offers invaluable background for understanding future developments. Highly recommended.--Choice


Splendid . . . A sympathetic, though hardly uncritical, account of the remarkable rise and contemporary difficulties of this unusual trade union.--Nation
A lively and clearly written account of an exceptional and, for many, exemplary union. . . . An excellent mix of narrative and analysis.--Labor History
In updating their classic history of Local 1199, Fink and Greenberg show how one of the nation's most dynamic unions has navigated the shoals of a health care industry in constant turmoil and a labor movement trying to reinvent itself. A must read for those trying to understand labor today.--Joshua B. Freeman, author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II
Fascinating . . . A must for anyone concerned with the organization of the working poor.--Michael Harrington
A timely, illuminating, and indispensable account of the politics of health care and how one union transformed the industry. Taking 1199's story into the present day, Fink and Greenberg assess the new service unionism's promise for revitalizing the labor movement and the challenges it faces in creating a better health care system for us all.--Dorothy Sue Cobble, author of Dishing It Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century

About Leon Fink

Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Brian Greenberg is Jules L. Plangere Jr. Chair of American Social History at Monmouth University.

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CIN0252076052G
9780252076053
0252076052
Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199/SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism by Leon Fink
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Illinois Press
20090121
392
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