[Why X Matters Series 01] • Why Unions Matter by Yates, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. Why Unions?

Strength in Numbers The First U.S. Unions Do Unions Work? Unions and Dignity

2. How Unions Form

A Little History How Unions Form Successful Union Organizing With the California Nurses’ Association in Texas

3. Union Structures and Democracy

Locals and Internationals Union Structure and the Law An Example of Union Democracy A Local Union Meeting

4. Collective Bargaining

The IWW’s Case against Collective Bargaining Strategies of the Contract Campaign Bargaining in Wartime At the Table The Agreement Politics and Collective Bargaining

5. Unions and Politics

Why U.S. Labor Politics Are Different Labor Politics in the 1930s Labor Politics Today The Missouri Victory Against Right-to-Work Workers of the World Suppressed The American Institute for Free Labor Development The Time is Ripe The Employee Free Choice Act

6. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation

Unions and Race The United Packinghouse Workers The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Unions and Women Women in Struggle The Intersection of Race and Gender Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender/Transsexual Workers What Collective Bargaining Has Won Politics of Liberation

7. Immigrant Workers

A Nation of Immigrants The United Farm Workers Union The Immokalee Farm Workers Take on the Fast Food Companies

8. The Tasks Ahead

The Difficulties Labor Faces Labor’s Decline: External Forces Labor’s Decline: Internal Forces The “New Voice” An International Labor Movement? Still to Come

Appendix Notes Index