Rekindling the Movement

by Turner, Lowell; Katz, Harry C.; Hurd, Richard W.; Hurd, Richard W.

• ISBN13: 9780801438745
• ISBN10: 0801438748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Ilr Pr

Summary

From gloomy times in the 1980s, the American labor movement has returned to apparent prominence through the efforts of a new generation of energetic and progressive leaders.

A distinguished group of authors examines this resurgence and the potential of American unions with sympathetic yet critical eyes. Experts from a wide variety of disciplines -- industrial relations, political science, economics, and sociology -- identify the central developments, analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the new initiatives, and assess the progress made and the prospects for the future. Though all agree on the importance of unions, their opinions of the success of current renewal efforts diverge greatly.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Revival of the American Labor Movement: Issues, Problems, Propsects	1	(8)
Lowell Turner
Harry C. Katz
Richard W. Hurd
Part I: Reinventing the Labor Movement
Building Social Movement Unionism: The Transformation of the American Labor Movement	9	(18)
Lowell Turner
Richard W. Hurd
Organize for What? The Resurgence of Labor as a Citizenship Movement	27	(32)
Paul Johnston
Living with Flexibility	59	(23)
Charles Heckscher
Lost Ways of Unionism: Historical Perspectives on Reinventing the Labor Movement	82	(17)
Dorothy Sue Cobble
Part II: Organizing Upsurge: Strategic and Structural Innovation
Organizing Immigrant Workers: Case Studies from Southern California	99	(30)
Ruth Milkman
Kent Wong
Structural Change in the AFL-CIO: A Regional Study of Union Cities' Impact	129	(26)
Jill Kriesky
Confronting the Dilemmas of Organizing: Obstacles and Innovations at the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute	155	(27)
Amy Foerster
Overcoming Obstacles to Transformation: Challenges on the Way to a New Unionism	182	(29)
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Richard W. Hurd
Part III: New Strategic and Institutional Orientations
The Evolution of Strategic and Coordinated Bargaining Campaigns in the 1990s: The Steelworkers' Experience	211	(27)
Kate bronfenbrenner
Tom Juravich
Union Mergers and Union Revival: Are We Asking Too Much or Too Little?	238	(18)
Gary Chaison
Building the High Road in Metro Areas: Sectoral Training and Employment Projects	256	(19)
Eric Parker
Joel Rogers
Part IV: Politics and Policy
Organized Labor versus Globalization: NAFTA, Fast Track, and PNTR with China	275	(39)
James Shoch
Free Trade, Fair Trade, and the Battle for Labor Rights	314	(25)
Lance Compa
Afterword: Whither the American Labor Movement?	339	(12)
Harry C. Katz
References	351	(24)
Biographies	375	(6)
Index	381