Playing Against the House - The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer

"Salting is a simple concept: get hired at a non-union company, do the job you were hired to do, and, with the help of organizers on the outside, unionize your coworkers from the inside. James Walsh spent almost three years as a 'salt' in two casinos in South Florida, working as a buffet server and a bartender. Neither his employers at the casinos nor the union knew about Walsh's intentions to write about his experience. Now he reveals little-known truths about how unions fight to organize workers in the service industries, the vigorous corporate opposition [that can be] against them, and how workers are caught in the battle"--

About the author

James Walsh’s work has appeared on the websites of The New Yorker, Esquire, and GlobalPost. He is on the editorial staff at New York magazine. Playing Against the House is his first book.

Product details

• Authors: James D Walsh, James D Walsh, James D. Walsh
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781982115555
• ISBN: 978-1-982115-55-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 354 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Industrial relations, health & safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, macroeconomics, Economic Geography, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Economics of specific sectors, Hospitality and service industries, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Service industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General