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In solidarity : essays on working-class organization in the United States

Title
In solidarity : essays on working-class organization in the United States / Kim Moody.
Author
Moody, Kim.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2014]

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xiii, 397 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  • "In this thorough collection of inspiring and informed essays, Kim Moody, one of the world's most authoritative and recognized labor writers, analyzes the past, present, and future of unions in the United States. With a sharp understanding of Marxist theory and labor history, Moody charts a well-reasoned course for the future of rank-and-file struggle.Kim Moody was a founder of Labor Notes and is a member of the National Union of Journalists and a senior research fellow at the Work and Employment Unit of the University of Hertfordshire. "--
  • "THIS EXPANSIVE COLLECTION, Kim Moody, one of the world's most authoritative and recognized labor writers, explores the present state and the future possibilities of the US labor movement, as well as evaluating the forces working against it. These wide-ranging, accessible essays ask the key questions: What has happened to union organizing in the United States? Is there an alternative to the strike? How does the increased presence of immigrant and women workers change the balance of forces? What strategies can workers use to counteract company "union avoidance" campaigns and bureaucratic "business unionism"? What is the role of socialists in the labor movement? Drawing on his own background as a working-class radical, the works of Karl Marx, and the everyday experiences of nurses, miners, autoworkers, and more, Moody sketches a comprehensive picture of the state of US labor--and points the way forward for a rank-and-file union movement that can win real change"--
Subject
  • Labor unions > United States
  • Labor movement > United States
  • Labor > United States
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions
  • Labor
  • Labor movement
  • Labor unions
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-382) and index.
Call Number
JBD 16-2
ISBN
  • 9781608463268 (paperback)
  • 1608463265 (paperback)
LCCN
2014008680
OCLC
871356896
Author
Moody, Kim.
Title
In solidarity : essays on working-class organization in the United States / Kim Moody.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-382) and index.
Research Call Number
JBD 16-2
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