the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice Fletcher, Bill Jr creator Gapasin, Fernando 1946- text bibliography cau Berkeley University of California Press 2008 monographic eng

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xiii, 304 p. ; 24 cm. Challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Developing strategy in times of change -- Globalization : the biggest strategic challenge -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation. Bill Fletcher Jr., Fernando Gapasin. Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index. AFL-CIO. Labor movement United States History Movimiento obrero Estados unidos Historia HD 8066 F612s 2008 331.880973 9780520255258 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520255259 (cloth : alk. paper) 2007033594 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007033594.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007033594.html DLC 070820 20230410115451.0 105542