Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-334) and index.
Contents:
pt. I. Rebels with a cause -- 1. When union "outsiders" win -- 2. Shop floor patriotism, rank-and-file dissent -- 3. A decade rediscovered (with some missing pieces) -- 4. Viva Las Vegas? -- 5. Raising hell on wheels -- 6. Live bait & ammo -- pt. II. Striking back or striking out -- 7. Lessons of Lawrence -- 8. The Golden Age of factory unrest -- 9. Striking in PATCO's shadow -- 10. The broken table in Detroit -- 11. A Red dawn over Durham? -- pt. III. Organizing for the long haul -- 12. Salting to the rescue? -- 13. Going global at T-Mobile -- pt. IV. Labor's health care muddle -- 14. Health care for some or health care for all? -- 15. From Romneycare to Obamacare -- 16. Caregivers without coverage -- 17. Picketing vs. partnering -- 18. The corporate wellness scam -- pt. V. Telecom labor troubles -- 19. Requiem for a telephone worker -- 20. Save our union, 2011 -- 21. Time for new strike tactics? -- 22. The Achilles' heel of Telecom labor -- 23. A stewards' army uprising -- pt. VI. Is there a leader in the house? -- 24. Does labor need another Wimpy? -- 25. A union house of lords won't help -- 26. A Wisconsin wake-up call for AFSCME? -- 27. Whither change to win? -- 28. Bidding adieu to SEIU -- pt. VII. Two, three, many Vermonts! -- 29. A Green Mountain postcard -- 30. Mustering for war, at home and abroad -- 31. The Saskatchewan of America? -- 32. Out of the margins, into the fray -- 33. Potholes in the single-payer road -- Epilogue : dare to struggle, dare to win?
Summary:
"Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they're trying to democratize their union, win a strike, defend past contract gains, or bargain with management for the first time. Drawing on forty years of personal experience, Early writes about cross-border union campaigning, labor strategies for organizing and health care reform, and political initiatives that might lessen worker dependence on the Democratic Party. Save Our Unions contains vivid portraits of rank-and-file heroes and heroines, both well-known and unsung. It takes readers to union conventions and funerals, strikes and picket-lines, celebrations of labor's past and struggles to insure that unions still have a future in the 21st century. The book's insight, analysis and advocacy make this an important contribution to the project of labor revitalization and reform"-- Provided by publisher.
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