The U.S. Labor Movement in the 20th and Early 21st Century A Critical Analysis /
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| Summary: | XIV, 191 p. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Social Movements and Transformation,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30077-6 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- References
- 2 What Happened to the U.S. Labor Movement?
- After WWII
- Labor and Politics
- Exclusive Representation and Systemic Restraints
- Solidarity and Direct Action
- Violence Against Labor
- The Cold War and Institutionalization
- References
- 3 The Early U.S. Labor Movement
- Beginning
- A House Divided
- World War and Class War
- The Rise of the CIO: Organizing the Unorganized
- One Industrial Union Grand
- No More Reds in the Union
- Red Unionism: An Autopsy
- U.S. Labor and Anticommunism
- The Graveyard of Social Movements
- References
- 4 The U.S. Labor Movement Since 1955
- Labor and the Democrats: A Parasitic Relationship
- The AFL-CIO and the CIA
- Worker Militancy After 1955
- Reckoning with the Past and Organizing in the Present
- References
- 5 Filling the Void: The Reactionary Response to Neoliberalism and Its Crises
- Pseudo-Populism: Exploiting Discontent
- Ethno-Nationalism: Identity Politics of the Right
- Authoritarianism/Fascism
- The Need for a New Labor Movement
- References
- 6 Rebuilding the Labor Movement and Prospects for the Future
- Putting Workers Back at the Helm
- What Will a New Labor Movement Look Like?
- New Labor, New Politics
- References
- 7 Conclusion: A World to Win
- Bibliography.