Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront

This book challenges the notion that American labour history is a history of defeat and accommodation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Notes on unpublished sources; Part I. Labour Radicalism Revisited: 1. Unsettling old scores: labour radicalism encounters conventional wisdom; 2. Sealing the fate of radical labour theoretically; 3. A framework for American unionism; Part II. Local Community and 'Tumultuous' Democracy: the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront: 4. Political community on the San Francisco waterfront; 5. The structure of participationist politics; 6. Being political in Local 10; Part III. Unionism, Work and Technological Change: 7. Work, knowledge and control: conventional longshoring; 8. Work, knowledge and control: containerised longshoring; 9. 'Doing the right thing': working principles and codes of conduct; Part IV. Waging the Battle for Workplace Control on Contractual Terrain: 10. Who decides how to work?; 11. Which side's language shall govern?; 12. By whose principles will merit be rewarded?; Part V. Agreeing to Disagree: Being Defensibly Disobedient: 13. Translating troubles into grievable issues; 14. 'We essentially have no contract with you': keeping the agreement; 15. Constructing and maintaining the appearance of co-operation; Conclusion: Trade union exceptionalism or prefigurative politics?; Appendix: doing field research - an ethnographic account; References; Name index; Subject index.

Zusammenfassung

American labour history is typically interpreted as a history of defeat, accommodation, or incorporation. Challenging this notion, this book studies a union that organised itself to systematically and continuously challenge management's rule on the shopfloor.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Wellman, David T. Wellman
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.08.1997
• EAN: 9780521629683
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62968-3
• Seiten: 388
• Serie: Radical Unionism on the San Fr
• Themen: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Politik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Sociology: work and labour, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety