A New Labor Movement for the New Century

ISBN-13: 9780815324737 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 432 str.

Gregory Mantsios; Dan Georgakas

Opis

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; diver

Recenzje

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

Spis treści

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, José 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, Héctor J. Figueroa; Chapter 20 Building a Member-Based International Program, Ron Blackwell;

O autorze

Gregory Mantsios