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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.  

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