Reviving the Strike by Burns, Joe -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Praise Title Page Dedication 1. THE STRIKE AND THE RISE OF THE WORKING CLASS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STRIKE THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STRIKE THE ECONOMICS OF STOPPING PRODUCTION THE ECONOMICS OF SOLIDARITY THE WRATH AGAINST PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM

2. THE TURBULENT 1930S: TRADITIONAL TACTICS AND THE RISE OF THE MODERN LABOR MOVEMENT

WORKER RESISTANCE AND THE PRODUCTION-HALTING STRIKE THE SIT-DOWN STRIKE LABOR’S HISTORICAL TOOLS OF SOLIDARITY INDUSTRY-WIDE STRIKES SECONDARY STRIKES (AKA “SOLIDARITY STRIKES”) LEVERAGING POWER: SECONDARY BOYCOTTS OTHER TACTICS OF WAGE STANDARDIZATION THE LESSONS OF THE 1930S FOR TODAY’S LABOR MOVEMENT

3. THE OUTLAWING OF SOLIDARITY AND THE DECLINE OF THE STRIKE

THE “SLAVE LABOR ACT” THE GUTTING OF INDUSTRY-WIDE BARGAINING NO STRIKE CLAUSES AND SOLIDARITY RESTRICTING PICKET-LINE MILITANCY PERMANENT REPLACEMENT OF STRIKING WORKERS THE EMPLOYER OFFENSIVE OF THE 1980S THE PERSISTENCE OF THE STRIKE

4. LABOR’S FAILED SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE STRIKE

ONE-DAY PUBLICITY STRIKES INSIDE STRATEGY: WORKING TO RULE CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS THE REDEFINITION OF SUCCESS EVERYTHING NEW IS OLD, AND NOT NECESSARILY BETTER SOCIAL UNIONISM AND THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STRIKE PRAGMATIC LEFTISM AND THE DECLINE OF THE MODERN LABOR MOVEMENT BUSINESS UNIONISM MILITANCY AND THE UNION DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

5. WHY ORGANIZING CANNOT SOLVE THE LABOR CRISIS

EMPLOYER REPRESSION, EFCA AND THE FAILURE TO ORGANIZE MILITANCY AND UNION GROWTH MINORITY UNIONISM AND NEW THINKING THE ORGANIZING STRATEGY AND THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STRIKE

6. THE SYSTEM OF LABOR CONTROL

THE TRIUMPH OF MANAGEMENT BUSINESS DECISIONS AND THE ANTI-UNION OFFENSIVE CHANGING THE SYSTEM OF LABOR CONTROL CONFRONTING GLOBAL CORPORATIONS

7. THE PRINCIPLES OF LABOR RIGHTS

“LABOR IS NOT A COMMODITY” “LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH” “THE GLORIOUS LABOR AMENDMENT” PROGRESSIVE IDEAS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT

8. LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE

PITTSTON COAL THE CHARLESTON 5 REPUBLIC WINDOWS AND DOORS STALEY AND HORMEL WORKERS ATTEMPT TO BREAK FREE FROM THE SYSTEM OF LABOR CONTROL WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE HORMEL STRIKE AND THE STALEY LOCKOUT HERE AND THE ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD AN INDUSTRY-WIDE APPROACH THREADS OF HISTORY

9. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

BUILDING A TREND WITHIN THE LABOR MOVEMENT CREATING NEW UNIONS TO PROTECT OLD UNIONS REVIVING SOLIDARITY LABOR’S FUTURE

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