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Union negotiator Joe Burns draws on labour economics, history and current analysis to show how only a campaign of civil disobedience can overcome an illegitimate system of control that has been constructed over 30 years to reign in the power of workers. He challenges prevailing views within the labour movement that say that tactics such as organising workers or amending labour law can resolve the crisis of the American worker. Instead, he offers a fundamentally different solution showing how collective bargaining backed by a strike capable of inflicting economic harm.

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Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim. --In These Times An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy? --Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it! --Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor.

Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim.--In These Times An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy?--Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it!--Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor. Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim.--In These Times An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy?--Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it!--Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor.

Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim. --In These Times<br><br> An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy? --Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America<br><br> American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it! --Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor.<br>

An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy? --Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America<br><br> American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it! --Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor.<br>

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Joe Burns is a veteran union negotiator and labor lawyer, and a former local union president. For the past decade, he has negotiated labor contracts in the airline and health care industries. As a former local union president involved in strike solidarity, Burns supported many of the key strikes of the last several decades. He has a law degree from the New York University School of Law.

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