Which Direction for Organized Labor? - Essay on Organizing, Outreach, and Internal Transformations

With the decline of the labor movement in the United States over the past four decades, unions are facing the future with unresolved concerns over free trade agreements, dwindling memberships, and their own leverage with industry and government. Which Direction for Organized Labor? addresses critical questions facing the U.S. labor movements as it approaches the twenty-first century. It analyzes the overall state of organized labor and examines the direction it should take in rebuilding its strength and influence.

About the author

Bruce Nissen is a program director at the Center for Labor Research at Florida International University and editor of Unions and Workplace Reorganization (Wayne State University Press, 1997).

Summary

This collection of essays is arranged around the themes of organizing, reaching out, and self-transformation, seeking to demonstrate the interconnection of the concepts. It examines prospects for growth and considers the current environment for organizing departures from past practices.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bruce Nissen (Editor)
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780814327791
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-2779-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 385 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education