Rekindling the Movement : Labor's Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century / Harry C. Katz, Richard W. Hurd, Lowell Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurd, Richard W., editor.

Katz, Harry C. (Harry Charles), 1951- editor.

Turner, Lowell, editor.

New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Series:

Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; Number 11.

Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--United States.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--United States.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 402 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From gloomy times in the 1980s, the American labor movement has returned to apparent prominence through the efforts of a new generation of energetic and progressive leaders. A distinguished group of authors examines this resurgence and the potential of American unions with sympathetic yet critical eyes. Experts from a wide variety of disciplines-industrial relations, political science, economics, and sociology-identify the central developments, analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the new initiatives, and assess the progress made and the prospects for the future. Though all agree on the importance of unions, their opinions of the success of current renewal efforts diverge greatly.The interdisciplinary and comparative approach of Rekindling the Movement is both challenging and enlightening. Rather than merely trumpeting pet opinions, contributors provide hard evidence and causal analysis, grounded in realistic perspectives, to back up suggestions for the improvement of the new labor movement. Their straightforward observations about what is and is not possible, what does and does not work, will be of great practical value for policymakers and union leaders.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION Revival of the American Labor Movement / Turner, Lowell / Katz, Harry C. / Hurd, Richard W.

PART I Reinventing the Labor Movement

CHAPTER ONE. Building Social Movement Unionism / Turner, Lowell / Hurd, Richard W.

CHAPTER TWO. Organize for What? / Johnston, Paul

CHAPTER THREE. Living with Flexibility / Heckscher, Charles

CHAPTER FOUR. Lost Ways of Unionism / Cobble, Dorothy Sue

PART II Organizing Upsurge: Strategic and Structural Innovation

CHAPTER FIVE. Organizing Immigrant Workers / Milkman, Ruth / Wong, Kent

CHAPTER SIX. Structural Change in the AFL-CIO / Kriesky, Jill

CHAPTER SEVEN. Confronting the Dilemmas of Organizing / Foerster, Amy

CHAPTER EIGHT. Overcoming Obstacles to Transformation / Fletcher, Jr. / Hurd, Richard W.

PART III New Strategic and Institutional Orientations

CHAPTER NINE. The Evolution of Strategic and Coordinated Bargaining Campaigns in the 1990s / Bronfenbrenner, Kate / Juravich, Tom

CHAPTER TEN. Union Mergers and Union Revival / Chaison, Gary

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Building the High Road in Metro Areas / Parker, Eric / Rogers, Joel

PART IV Politics and Policy

CHAPTER TWELVE. Organized Labor versus Globalization / Shoch, James

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Free Trade, Fair Trade, and the Battle for Labor Rights / Compa, Lance

AFTERWORD Whither the American Labor Movement? / Katz, Harry C.

References

Biographies

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-373) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-1718-9

OCLC:

1080550022