Collected for the first time, the essays that comprise Embedded With Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class war at home from a longtime organizer and participatory labor journalist. Steve Early tackles the most pressing issues facing unions today and describes how workers have organized successfully, on the job and in the community, in the face of employer opposition now and in the past.

This wide ranging collection deals with the dilemmas of union radicalism, the obstacles to institutional change within organized labor, and strategies for securing...