A New American Labor Movement: The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action

Author:   William E. Scheuerman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438485492


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   01 October 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   William E. Scheuerman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438485492


ISBN 10:   1438485492
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   01 October 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Why Unions Matter 2. The Long Slide 3. Farmworkers Fight Back 4. Worker Centers in Focus 5. Freelancers Union: Backward to the Future? 6. Taking to the Streets 7. All Roads Lead to . . . Sectoral Bargaining? Notes Index

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"""Scheuerman writes with authority: as professor emeritus of political science at the State University of New York at Oswego and as a former president of the National Labor College and president of the faculty and staff union at SUNY."" — Dollars & Sense ""…William Scheuerman argues in this new, groundbreaking book, U.S. unions are in deep trouble … his creative, thoughtful, and well-researched study of the U.S. labor movement gets to the heart of its major problems and potential. In this time of growing corporate domination of the United States and of the world, A New American Labor Movement illuminates a useful path forward in the long and difficult struggle for workers' rights."" — Daily Kos"


...William Scheuerman argues in this new, groundbreaking book, U.S. unions are in deep trouble ... his creative, thoughtful, and well-researched study of the U.S. labor movement gets to the heart of its major problems and potential. In this time of growing corporate domination of the United States and of the world, A New American Labor Movement illuminates a useful path forward in the long and difficult struggle for workers' rights. - Daily Kos


"""…William Scheuerman argues in this new, groundbreaking book, U.S. unions are in deep trouble … his creative, thoughtful, and well-researched study of the U.S. labor movement gets to the heart of its major problems and potential. In this time of growing corporate domination of the United States and of the world, A New American Labor Movement illuminates a useful path forward in the long and difficult struggle for workers' rights."" — Daily Kos"


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William E. Scheuerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Prior to retiring as President of the National Labor College, he served as President of the United University Professions, the faculty and staff union at SUNY. He is currently Treasurer of the American Labor Studies Center. Scheuerman has authored several books, including United University Professions: Pioneering in Higher Education Unionism (with Nuala McGann Drescher and Ivan D. Steen), also published by SUNY Press.

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