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"A concise history of American workers and their unions in 20th-century America, first published in 1986 and revised in 1994. This third edition features new chapters on the pre-1920 period, as well as an entirely new final chapter that covers developments of the 1980s and 1990s in detail. Here the authors explore how economic change, union stagnation, and anti-labour policies have combined to erode workers' standards and labour's influence in the political arena over the last two decades of the century. They review current ""alternatives to unionism"" as means of achieving fair workplace representations but insist that strong unions remain essential in a democratic society. They argue that labour's new responsiveness to the concerns of women, minority groups and low-wage workers, as well as its resurgent political activism, offer new hope for trade unionism. This third edition also includes new bibliographical material and an on-line link to an extended bibliographical essay."

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This book is one of the best concise surveys of American labor history. -- Thomas A. Castillo, Enterprise and Society

<p>There is much to recommend American Workers, American Unions . It is a valuable, comprehensive, and peerless survey of modern American labor history. Zieger deftly parses such complex subjects as the origin and role of the National Labor Relations Board, the expulsion of the so-called communist-dominated unions from the CIO, and the evolution of the 'workplace rule of law.' The book also is, if not the only, then certainly the best treatment of the post-1950 decades.--Nancy F. Gabin Labor History

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Robert H. Zieger is a professor of history at the University of Florida. Gilbert J. Gall is currently a service representative of health care employees for Health Care-PSEA, and is the author of The Politics of Right to Work and Pursuing Justice: Lee Pressman, The New Deal, and the CIO.

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