Divided unions : the Wagner Act, federalism, and organized labor /

The 2011 battle in Wisconsin over public sector employees' collective bargaining rights occasioned the largest protests in the state since the Vietnam War. Protestors occupied the state capitol building for days and staged massive rallies in downtown Madison, receiving international news covera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Alexis N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Colección:American governance.
Temas:
United States. > National Labor Relations Act.
National Labor Relations Act (United States)
Labor unions > Law and legislation > United States.
Government employee unions > United States.
Collective bargaining > Government employees > United States.
Collective bargaining > Law and legislation > United States.
Labor unions > Political activity > United States.
Syndicats > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Collective bargaining > Government employees
Collective bargaining > Law and legislation
Government employee unions
Labor unions > Law and legislation
Labor unions > Political activity
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Wagner Act : a critical exclusion
  • Chapter 3. After Wagner (1936-1960) : life without collective bargaining rights
  • Chapter 4. 1961 : the public sector's watershed moment
  • Chapter 5. The 1970s : labor out of alignment
  • Chapter 6. The late 1970s to the 2010s : labor on the decline
  • Chapter 7. The 2010s : the modern assault against public sector unions
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: The consequences of labor's enduring divide.
  • Appendix: Interview Method Description
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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