Upheaval in the Quiet Zone

by Fink, Leon; Greenberg, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780252076053
• ISBN10: 0252076052
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-21
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

This new second edition updates the dramatic story of 1199SEIU, an insurgent labour union that eventually established itself as a vital force in the modern labour movement. When SEIU president Andrew Stern laid plans in 2006 for a new national health care workers union that would both reach out to the unorganized and campaign for universal, national health insurance, he turned to 1199 president Dennis Rivera - and the 1199 political model - to lead the effort. With new material that updates the union's history since the 1990s, this book conveys the promise and problems of movement-building in the twenty-first century health care industry.

Author Biography

Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Brian Greenberg is Jules L. Plangere Jr. Chair of American Social History at Monmouth University.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Before the Union: The Hospital Worker as Involuntary Philanthropist	p. 1
Awakening at Montefiore: The Hospital That Refused to Fight	p. 28
The Brewing Storm: Organizing from the Ground Up	p. 44
The Battle of '59: Anatomy of a Hospital Strike	p. 63
Staying Alive: The Search for Legal Recognition	p. 91
Coming of Age: Building an Effective Union in the 1960s	p. 112
Stayed on Freedom: A Labor Crusade behind the Magnolia Curtain	p. 129
High Expectations and Harsh Realities: Confronting a Changing Health Care System in the 1970s	p. 159
1199 Exceptionalism: Taking Stock of the First Generation	p. 181
Union Power, Soul Power: When the Solution Becomes the Problem	p. 209
Picking Up the Pieces: 1199's Recipe for Revival in the Dennis Rivera Era	p. 244
1199 Exceptionalism Revisited: The Politics of Partnership	p. 262
Epilogue: SEIU Healthcare-Rx for Growth or a Family Feud?	p. 287
Notes	p. 301
List of Interviews	p. 349
Index	p. 351
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