A collective bargain : unions, organizing, and the fight for democracy
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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, [2020].
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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, [2020].
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288 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.
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"For decades, intractable social and economic problems have been eating away at the social fabric of the United States. The crisis is now so deep it's threatening democracy. Income inequality has reached epic proportions, resulting in a lopsided political system that bestows tax breaks on the rich while the rest of the country has been economically abandoned. There's a single, obvious solution to these problems, one with a long, successful history, but one that too many have forgotten: unions. In A Collective Bargain, longtime labor, environmental, and political organizer Jane McAlevey makes the case that unions are the only institution capable of fighting back against today's super-rich corporate class. Since the 1930s, when unions briefly flourished under New Deal protections, corporations have waged a stealthy and ruthless war against the labor movement. Today, McAlevey argues, it's time for unions to make a comeback. Want to reverse the nation's mounting wealth gap? Put an end to sexual harassment in the workplace? End racial disparities on the job? Negotiate climate justice? Bring back unions. Alongside McAlevey, we travel from Pennsylvania hospitals, where we're thrust into a herculean fight in which nurses are building a new kind of patient-centered unionism; to Silicon Valley, where tech workers, fed up with the illusory promise of a better world, have turned to old-fashioned collective action; and inside the most promising anti-austerity rebellion in years, the one being waged by America's teachers. A rousing and electrifying call to arms, A Collective Bargain shows us why we must strengthen and defend the only force capable of fighting back against social injustice and the alarming right-wing shift in our politics: a strong, democratic union movement."--,Provided by publisher.
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McAlevey, J. (2020). A collective bargain: unions, organizing, and the fight for democracy (First edition.). Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McAlevey, Jane. 2020. A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy. Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McAlevey, Jane. A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McAlevey, Jane. A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy First edition., Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2020.
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