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Why unions matter /
In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society bo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Why unions? : Strength in numbers ; The first U.S. unions ; Do unions work? ; Unions and dignity
- How unions form : A little history ; How unions form ; Successful union organizing ; With the California Nurses' Association in Texas
- Union structures and democracy : Locals and internationals ; Union structure and the law ; An example of union democracy ; A local union meeting
- Collective bargaining : The IWW's case against collective bargaining ; Strategies of the contract campaign ; Bargaining in wartime ; At the table ; The agreement ; Politics and collective bargaining
- Unions and politics : Why U.S. labor politics are different ; Labor politics in the 1930s ; Labor politics today ; The Missouri victory against right-to-work ; Workers of the world suppressed ; The American Institute for Free Labor Development ; The time is ripe ; The Employee Free Choice Act
- Race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation : unions and race ; The United Packinghouse Workers ; The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ; Unions and women ; Women in struggle ; The intersection of race and gender ; Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual workers ; What collective bargaining has won ; Politics of liberation
- Immigrant workers : A nation of immigrants ; The United Farm Workers Union ; The Immokalee Farm Workers' take on the fast food companies
- The task ahead : The difficulties labor faces ; Labor's decline: external forces ; Labor's decline: internal forces ; The "new voice" ; An international labor movement ; Still to come.