Unions in crisis?: the future of organized labor in America
From the Publisher: Unionism in the United States was quite successful during and after World War II, especially during the "golden years" of American capitalism (1947-73) as workers' wages increased quite dramatically in a number of industries. For example, average hourly earnings fo...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From the Publisher: Unionism in the United States was quite successful during and after World War II, especially during the "golden years" of American capitalism (1947-73) as workers' wages increased quite dramatically in a number of industries. For example, average hourly earnings for workers in meatpacking rose 114% between 1950 and 1965, those in steel 102%, in rubber tires by 96%, and in manufacturing 81%. At the same time as union members' wages were increasing, union membership was declining. Yet, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) argued that organizing new members was not a priority. By concentrating on the existing membership and "bread-and-butter" issues, and not organizing new members, unionism could not deal with the attack on the "social contract" by employers and the government beginning in the United States in the late 1970s. Following that attack, there was a significant decline in U.S. workers' wages and conditions in real terms, and there was a corresponding decline in union membership. However, while many people are claiming that organized labor is a dinosaur, Schiavone argues that a strong union movement is now needed more than ever. If unions make major changes as outlined in this book, the U.S. labor movement may regain some of its strength. By fighting for workplace (such as higher wages) and non-workplace issues (such as the fight for adequate childcare or against racism), unions in America and Canada that embraced what Schiavone calls social justice unionism have improved society for all. On purely "bread-and-butter" issues, these unions have achieved better collective bargaining agreements than their rival mainstream unions, as well as organizing more new workers per capita. How much strength organized labor will regain by embracing social justice unionism is uncertain, but it is a beginning. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 148 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780275999667 |
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SCHIAVONE AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS MARTHA BURK, SERIES
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LONDON CONTENTS SERIES FOREWORD BY MARTHA BURK IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
ABBREVIATIONS XIII 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT 1 2 THE RISE
AND FALL OF ORGANIZED LABOR 9 3 STRATEGIES TO STOP THE DECLINE 23 4 THE
SEIU AND CHANGE TO WIN: PROGRESSIVE OR MORE OF THE SAME? 45 5 SOCIAL
JUSTICE UNIONISM: A PATH TO LABOR S RENEWAL 61 6 NONTRADITIONAL
STRATEGIES 81 7 CONCLUSION: A BEGINNING 99 NOTES 109 BIBLIOGRAPHY 131
INDEX 145
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UNIONS IN CRISIS? THE FUTURE OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN AMERICA MICHAEL
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SEIU AND CHANGE TO WIN: PROGRESSIVE OR MORE OF THE SAME? 45 5 SOCIAL
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STRATEGIES 81 7 CONCLUSION: A BEGINNING 99 NOTES 109 BIBLIOGRAPHY 131
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