Enough blame to go around : the labor pains of New York City's public employee unions / Richard Steier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steier, Richard.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Excelsior editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective bargaining--Government employees--New York (State).

Collective bargaining.

Labor unions--Officials and employees.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--New York (State)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Veteran labor journalist Richard Steier explores the tensions between New York City's public employee unions, their critics, and city and state politicians"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Enough Blame to Go Around""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Part I: Unions on the Run""; ""Chapter 1: A New Sheriff�s in Town; The Town Is Nottingham""; ""Why Afflict the Comfortable?""; ""More Fearful of Boss than of Members""; ""�Many Have Nowhere to Go�""; ""�Did They Really Negotiate?�""; ""Soak Rich, Dampen Ambitions""; ""Chapter 2: Staring Down the Barrel of Reagan�s Legacy""; ""Chipped Away at 50 Years of Gains""; ""The Billionaire�s Club""; ""A Pass for Union Supporters""; ""Not Burning GOP Bridges""

""61 Percent Oppose Rights Loss""""�30 Years of Wage Suppression�""; ""Tax Cut As Good As a Raise?""; ""�They�re Out for Blood�""; ""Chapter 3: The �Evil Genius� Loses One""; ""�City Won�t Suffer More�""; ""Hoped for �Kinder, Gentler Mayor�""; ""Not a Stealth Mayor""; ""�First Line of Defense�""; ""Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?""; ""Making the Law Work""; ""Chapter 4: �Christmas Bonuses� and Other Wicked Fables""; ""Please Don�t Annoy the Affluent""; ""Partly Based on a True Story""; ""City Actuary Proposed VSF""; ""A Mutual Desire for Change""

""�Traded Uncertainty for Certainty�""""No Skim if Funds Were Flush""; ""�That�s Scoppetta�s Team�""; ""Warns of Aging Force""; ""�Not Source of City�s Problem�""; ""A DROP from Mayor�s Narrative""; ""Chapter 5: Unions Finally Aroused by Mayor�s Distortions""; ""Blinkers on for CityTime""; ""Unions Slow to Grasp Mayor�s Aim""; ""�Telling One Lie after Another�""; ""Tough to Get Labor�s Side Out""; ""Chance to Win Over Public""; ""Chapter 6: Pensions a Beachhead for Class Warfare""; ""�Leave Seniors Eating Dog Food�""; ""Praise the Workers, Damn Union Bosses""

""Whacking the City""""Mayor�s War on VSFs""; ""Another Wall Street Con?""; ""�Blaming the Victim�""; ""Don�t Punish Unions� Foresight""; ""Chapter 7: Tabs to Randi: Burn, Baby""; ""Letting the Testosterone Flow""; ""�We Expose, They Demonize�""; ""An Offer He Can Refuse""; ""Cutting Peer Program""; ""�Doesn�t Consult Us�""; ""A Phony Populism""; ""Chapter 8: Sister Randi Explains It All""; ""Merit Pay and Pension Gains""; ""National Union on Her Horizon?""; ""�Infantilizing Teachers�""; ""�Raised Living Standard�""; ""�Test Prep Not Life Prep�""

""Mastered Give-and-Take""""�Not a Spectator Sport�""; ""�Salt of the Earth�""; ""�Like Night and Day�""; ""Chapter 9: OTB Workers Unwilling to Gamble on Defiance""; ""Stars Aligned Against Unions""; ""Principles vs. Pragmatism""; ""Cuomo the Dark Horse""; ""No Phone-Worker Assurances""; ""�Major Score� for NYRA""; ""Chapter 10: �The Prince� Incarnate in a Cuomovellian Gambit""; ""Subverted to the Greater Good?""; ""Some Got Haircut, Others Scalped""; ""�Played Us Against Each Other�""; ""Silver Didn�t Ride to Rescue""; ""Shutdown Threat Worked""

""Not Reckoning with Adaptability""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2013).

ISBN:

9781461951476

146195147X

9781438449562

1438449569

OCLC:

923419966