U:S. Labor in Trouble and Transition

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext One of the leading historians of the contemporary labor movement uncovers the secrets of its collapse and revival in this follow-up to the acclaimed Workers in a Lean World. Zusammenfassung 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. This title shows how the rise of immigrant labor and its efforts at self-organization can energise the unions from below.

Product details

• Authors: Kim Moody
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2007
• EAN: 9781844671540
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-154-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Economic history, Labour / income economics, Trade Unions, Labour Economics, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, United States of America, USA, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions