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| Genre/Form: | Case studies Cas, Études de |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven Henry Lopez |
| ISBN: | 0520232801 9780520232808 0520235657 9780520235656 |
| OCLC Number: | 54863069 |
| Description: | xxii, 292 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: from business unionism to social movement unionism -- Part I: Confronting working-class antiunionism -- Introduction to part I: Rosemont pavilion -- 2. "See you next year": the failure of traditional organizing tactics -- 3. "It's a union": Why face-to-face organizing and collective action tactics succeed -- Epilogue to Part I: organizing and organization -- Part II. Dealing with organizational legacies -- Introduction to Part II: the new urban politics of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania -- 4. "Save our Kanes": bypassing organizational structures -- 5. "We want a contract": confronting business union organization -- Epilogue to Part II: social movement unionism and the problem of power -- Part III: social movement unionism: challenging the power of capital -- Introduction to Part III: Megacorp and the SEIU in Pennsylvania -- 6. "We will not be silenced": escalating mobilization -- 7. "Whatever it takes, as long as it takes": exploiting antiunionism -- Epilogue to Part III: the ambiguity of victories -- Conclusion: social movement unionism and social movement theory. |
| Responsibility: | Steven Henry Lopez. |
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Abstract:
Demonstrates how, despite a hostile legal environment and the punitive anti-unionism of US employers, a few unions have organized hundreds of thousands of low-wage service workers in the past few years. This title illustrates how post-industrial, low-wage workers are providing the backbone for a reinvigorated labor movement across the country.
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- Mouvement ouvrier -- Pennsylvanie -- Pittsburg.
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- Gewerkschaft.
- Pennsylvania.
