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Reorganizing the Rust Belt : an inside study of the American labor movement
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Reorganizing the Rust Belt : an inside study of the American labor movement

Author: Steven Henry Lopez
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:  Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Steven Lopez describes the resurgence of American unionism, in which the Service Employees International Union & others have mobilised low paid service workers. Despite employer hostility & punitive legislation, social movement unionism continues to thrive in the US.
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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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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  Read more...

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