A new labor movement for the new century
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A new labor movement for the new century
（Garland reference library of social science, v. 1126 . Labor in America ; v. 5）
Garland, c1998
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Description
This collection of original essays offers an inside view of the current state of American unions. Most of the contributors are prominent activists in the AFL-CIO, and their writings assess the state of the movement in the late 1990s.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Democracy, Ideology, and Change
- Chapter 1 Creating Democratic Communities in the Workplace, Elaine Bernard
- Chapter 2 Whose Democracy? Organized Labor and Member Control, Bill Fletcher, Jr.
- Chapter 3 A "New Labor Movement" in the Shell of the Old?*.This article is a substantial revision of an essay that appeared in the Labor Research Review 24 (Summer 1996)., Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello
- Chapter 4 What Does Labor Stand For?, Gregory Mantsios
- Part 2 Organizing the Unorganized
- Chapter 5 Taking the Offensive, Turning the Tide, Stephen Lerner
- Chapter 6 Membership-Based Organizing, Steve Early
- Chapter 7 Successful Organizing at the Local Level: The Experience of AFSCME District Council 1707, Josephine LeBeau, Kevin Lynch
- Chapter 8 Moving Innovation from the Margins to the Center, Janice Fine
- Part 3 Diversity and Inclusion
- Chapter 9 Women Workers: Strategies for Inclusion and Rebuilding Unionism, Ruth Needleman
- Chapter 10 Getting Serious About Inclusion: A Comprehensive Approach, Jose La Luz, Paula Finn
- Chapter 11 The Challenge of Diversity and Inclusion in the AFL-CIO, May Chen, Kent Wong
- Chapter 12 Transforming Unions and Building a Movement, Larry Adams
- Part 4 Part ies and Politics
- Chapter 13 Blocking Bridges: Class-Based Politics and the Labor Movement, Patricia Lippold, Bob Kirkman
- Chapter 14 Labor's Role in the Political Arena, Dennis Rivera
- Chapter 15 Building a Part y of Our Own, Tony Mazzocchi
- Chapter 16 The Politics of Leadership: The Role of Unions in Developing Policy Initiatives, Arthur Cheliotes
- Part 5 International Affairs
- Chapter 17 Developing and Enforcing International Labor Standards, Barbara Shailor, George Kourpias
- Chapter 18 New Voice, New Internationalism, Andy Banks
- Chapter 19 International Labor Solidarity in an Era of Global Competition, Hector J. Figueroa
- Chapter 20 Building a Member-Based International Program, Ron Blackwell
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