03123cam a2200481 a 4500 115400 20230410115440.0 070209s2006 enk b 001 0 eng 14729708 2007271789 GBA642746 bnb 013455105 Uk 0745315291 (pbk.) 9780745315294 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm67871434 UKM UKM BAKER BWKUK YDXCP OCLCQ DLC lccopycat e-uk--- n-us--- HD 6664 C678r 2006 331.880941 Cohen, Sheila. Ramparts of resistance : why workers lost their power and how to get it back / Sheila Cohen. London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2006. xii, 248 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The upsurge: 1968-74 -- 'How little it asked' (the working class): 1974-79 -- Gone with the wind: Thatcher, Reagan and the early 1980s -- Against the stream: 1984-89 -- The workers' TINA: class warfare in the 1990s -- Into the 2000s: Seattle... and September -- Unions and unions -- Punctuation marks: a story of class consciousness -- Transitions and transformations: which side are you on? Ramparts of resistance examines the experience of British and US workers during the last three decades to offer a broad analysis of th need for a new independent politics of trade unionism. Recent years have seen great changes in the trade union movement, from waves of strikes in the 1970s to a battery of employer and state onslaughts, culminating in the anti-union legislation of the 1980s and 1990s. Looking at grassroots labour stuggles, Cohen explores issues of reformism, trade union democracy and the political meaning of ordinary workplace resistance, and puts forward ideas for change. Ramparts of resistance examines the failure of the union movement to rise to the neo-liberal challenge and calls for a new politics of independent unionism and an explicitly class-based renewal of "workers' power". Coming at a time when union activity and membership involvement continues despite the odds, this book is an inspiring guide to the direction that union should take. -- Cover Labor unions Great Britain. Labor unions United States. Labor unions Government policy Great Britain. Labor unions Government policy United States. Industrial relations Great Britain. Industrial relations United States. Los sindicatos Gran bretaña. Los sindicatos Estados Unidos. Los sindicatos de trabajadores La política gubernamental Gran bretaña. Los sindicatos de trabajadores La política gubernamental Estados Unidos. Relaciones laborales Gran bretaña. Relaciones laborales Estados Unidos. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007271789-d.html lcc bk rsfv 41382 41382 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HD 6664 C678r 2006 00000108871 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk