Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide (Justice, Power, and Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1469632071 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through close-up studies of workers' campaigns in shipbuilding, textiles, retail, and service, Windham overturns widely held myths about labor's decline, showing instead how employers united to manipulate weak labor law and quash a new wave of worker organizing.Recounting how employees attempted to unionize against overwhelming odds, Knocking on Labor's Door dramatically refashions the narrative of working-class struggle during a crucial decade and shakes up current debates about labor's future. Windham's story inspires both hope and indignation, and will become a must-read in labor, civil rights, and women's history.. But here Lane Windham tells a different story. The power of unions in workers' lives and in the American political system has declined dramatically since the 1970s. In recent years, many have argued that the crisis took root when unions stopped reaching out to workers and workers turned away from unions. Highlighting the integral, often-overlooked contributions of women, people of color, young workers, and southerners, Windham reveals how in the 1970s workers co
Jones, author of The March on WashingtonLane Windham takes a fresh look at a phenomenon that many of us thought we understood--the decline of U.S. At a time of renewed concern about economic inequality and the plight of the working class, this is required reading.--William P. Knocking on Labor's Door challenges most of what we know about the decline of unions and its consequences. McCartin, author of Collision CourseThis is labor history at its sharp and sparkling best. Rarely have I felt as great an urge to stand up and cheer when reading a work of history as I did while reading this one.--Joseph A. Windham puts working people on center stage as she resurrects the hard-fought organizing battles of the 1970s. Her narrative of labor's recent past deepens our understanding of its present challenges and helps us imagine its future. If you want new insight into the origins of unions' pr
Lane Windham is a fellow with Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.