Staley - 9780252076404
Un libro in lingua di Ashby Steven K. Hawking C. J. edito da Univ of Illinois Pr, 2009
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From 1992 to 1995, workers at the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company in Decatur, Illinois engaged in one of the more pitched labor struggles of recent American history, eventually losing but not before building an impressive worker and community mobilization and a remarkable national solidarity movement. Ashby (School of Labor and Employment Relations, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Hawking (a United Methodist pastor and executive director of the faith-based workers' rights group Arise Chicago), who both worked as Staley workers' solidarity organizers, here offer an account of these struggles that tells the story through interviews with involved workers and their families. They have also constructed the work as an introduction to unionism, interspersing the narrative with explanations of common union terms and concepts. Another goal for the work is to highlight the lessons from the Staley workers' struggles for current trade union battles and to critique contemporary weaknesses in the US labor movement. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Staley
- Sottotitolo: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Ashby Steven K. Hawking C. J.
- Editore: Univ of Illinois Pr
- Collana: Univ of Illinois Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 13 Marzo '09
- Genere: POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Strikes and lockouts Agricultural processing industries Illinois Decatur Labor unions United States Labor movement United States
- Pagine: 358
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0252076400
- EAN-13: 9780252076404