A New American Labor Movement: The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action

Describes how new kinds of direct-action labor movements are emerging to reshape American labor activism in the twenty-first century.

ISBN-13: 9781438485485

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Publication Date: 07-02-2022

Pages: 276

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

William E. Scheuerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Prior to retiring as President of the National Labor College, he served as President of the United University Professions, the faculty and staff union at SUNY. He is currently Treasurer of the American Labor Studies Center. Scheuerman has authored several books, including United University Professions: Pioneering in Higher Education Unionism (with Nuala McGann Drescher and Ivan D. Steen), also published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Why Unions Matter

2. The Long Slide

3. Farmworkers Fight Back

4. Worker Centers in Focus

5. Freelancers Union: Backward to the Future?

6. Taking to the Streets

7. All Roads Lead to . . . Sectoral Bargaining?

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