The future of organized labor in American politics /

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In 1995, promising a more active political presence for unions, John Sweeney was elected president of the AFL-CIO. Labor would develop a ""new voice, "" one that could not be ignored or taken for granted by Democratic and Republican politicians. However, by the summer of 2005 opp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Francia, Peter L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
USA > President
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Labor unions > Political activity > United States.
Politics, Practical > United States.
Elections > United States.
Syndicats > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Politique > États-Unis.
Élections > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Elections.
Labor unions > Political activity.
Politics, Practical.
Gewerkschaft
Gewerkschaftspolitik
Präsidentenwahl
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Gewerkschaft > USA.
United States.
USA > Gewerkschaft.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A different direction for organized labor?
  • Strength in numbers: organizing and mobilizing union members
  • Countering business: union campaigning in congressional elections
  • The air war: the AFL-CIO advertising campaign
  • Laboring for a "working family" agenda
  • The significance of union renewal
  • The 2004 election.

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