It is we who push the papers, put the paychecks in the mail;
It is we who type the letters, mind the office without fail.
And until we get a contract, it is we who'll shut down Yale, For the union
makes us strong.
(To the tune of John Brown's Body)
Must reading for anyone who wants to learn what a revitalized labor
movement would look like. -- Labor Notes
A textbook on solidarity unionism. -- Staughton Lynd
One of the very best books on labor in the 1970s and 80s.
-- Dana Frank, University of California at Santa Cruz
There are very few case studies in recent labor history as readable
and provocative as this one. -- Karen Sawislak, Stanford University
On Strike for Respect is a lively account of the 1984-85 strike
by clerical and technical workers at Yale University. Members of Local
34, with a strong female majority, mobilized themselves and the public,
breathing new life into the labor movement as they fought for and won
substantial gains. A short update on current conditions concludes this
volume.