A New American Labor Movement
The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
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- English
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A New American Labor Movement
The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
About This Book
The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement, William Scheuerman analyzes how the decline of unions and the emergence of these new direct-action movements are reshaping the American labor movement. Tens of thousands of exploited workersâfrom farm laborers and gig drivers to freelance artists and restaurant workersâhave taken to the streets in a collective attempt to attain a living wage and decent working conditions, with or without the help of unions. This new worker militancy, expressed through mass demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins, political action, and similar activities, has already achieved much success and offers models for workers to exercise their power in the twenty-first century. Finally, Scheuerman notes, many of the strategies of the new direct-action groups share features with the sectoral bargaining model that dominates the European labor movement, suggesting that sectoral bargaining may become the foundation of a new American labor movement.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Why Unions Matter
- Chapter 2 The Long Slide
- Chapter 3 Farmworkers Fight Back
- Chapter 4 Worker Centers in Focus
- Chapter 5 Freelancers Union: Backward to the Future?
- Chapter 6 Taking to the Streets
- Chapter 7 All Roads Lead to ⌠Sectoral Bargaining?
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover