US Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, the Promise of Revival from Below

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Verso, 2007 - Alien labor - 289 pages
The finest historian of the contemporary labor movement uncovers the secrets of its collapse and revival. "U. S. Labor in Trouble and Transition" tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s. Looking to the future, Moody shows how the rise of immigrant labor and its efforts at self-organization can re-energize the unions from below. "U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition" breaks new ground in the on-going debate within the U.S. labor movement.

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A Message about the Future from the Present
1
The Great Transformation
35
The Changing Industrial Geography
37
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Kim Moody was a founder of "Labor Notes" and author of "Workers in a Lean World." He has taught at the Cornell Labor Studies Program and at Brooklyn College and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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