Strike!
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1604864281 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"What do workers really want?" according to Eric N. Romsted. A classic ploy of employers who want to keep unions out of their companies is to paint the unions as outsiders, a bunch of rabble rousing radiclas who will disrupt what was once industrial harmony. This theme has lasted through the years, from last century, when all socialists where decried as immmagrants, to modern un. Rabble said Classic of American Labor History despite some faults. Strike! is a classic book of American labor history. It's definitely worth reading if you want to understand some of the more amazing points when labor negotiations have broken down and workers walked out.Strike, is not a history of the American labor movements. Neither is it a history of strikes, despite the claim of . Joshua M. Tanzer said Excellent, with limitations. Jeremy Brecher's "Strike!" takes on one narrow subject and does it in a very interesting if limited way. It's simply a history of strikes, no more no less. That history is a fascinating and often shocking one -- few of us in this country know about the huge strikes and violent repression that occurred in the late 19th
A new chapter, “Beyond One-Sided Class War” presents the American minirevolts of the 21st century from the Battle of Seattle to Occupy Wall Street and beyond. Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! to bring American labor history to a wide audience. In this expanded edition, Brecher brings the story up to date with revised chapters that cover the 40 years since the original edition, placing the problems faced by working people today in the context of 140 years of labor history. Essential reading for anyone interested in the historical or present-day situation of American workers, this updated classic serves as inspiration for organizers, activists, and educators working to revive the labor movement today.. Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America and tells this exciting hidden history from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it