Author: Jake Rosenfeld
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674726219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
From workers' wages to presidential elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. In the immediate post-World War II era, one in three workers belonged to a union. The fraction now is close to one in five, and just one in ten in the private sector. The only thing big about Big Labor today is the scope of its problems. While many studies have explained the causes of this decline, What Unions No Longer Do shows the broad repercussions of labor's collapse for the American economy and polity. Organized labor was not just a minor player during the middle decades of the twentieth century, Jake Rosenfeld asserts. For generations it was the core institution fighting for economic and political equality in the United States. Unions leveraged their bargaining power to deliver benefits to workers while shaping cultural understandings of fairness in the workplace. What Unions No Longer Do details the consequences of labor's decline, including poorer working conditions, less economic assimilation for immigrants, and wage stagnation among African-Americans. In short, unions are no longer instrumental in combating inequality in our economy and our politics, resulting in a sharp decline in the prospects of American workers and their families.
What Unions No Longer Do
Author: Jake Rosenfeld
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674726219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
From workers' wages to presidential elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. In the immediate post-World War II era, one in three workers belonged to a union. The fraction now is close to one in five, and just one in ten in the private sector. The only thing big about Big Labor today is the scope of its problems. While many studies have explained the causes of this decline, What Unions No Longer Do shows the broad repercussions of labor's collapse for the American economy and polity. Organized labor was not just a minor player during the middle decades of the twentieth century, Jake Rosenfeld asserts. For generations it was the core institution fighting for economic and political equality in the United States. Unions leveraged their bargaining power to deliver benefits to workers while shaping cultural understandings of fairness in the workplace. What Unions No Longer Do details the consequences of labor's decline, including poorer working conditions, less economic assimilation for immigrants, and wage stagnation among African-Americans. In short, unions are no longer instrumental in combating inequality in our economy and our politics, resulting in a sharp decline in the prospects of American workers and their families.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674726219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
From workers' wages to presidential elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. In the immediate post-World War II era, one in three workers belonged to a union. The fraction now is close to one in five, and just one in ten in the private sector. The only thing big about Big Labor today is the scope of its problems. While many studies have explained the causes of this decline, What Unions No Longer Do shows the broad repercussions of labor's collapse for the American economy and polity. Organized labor was not just a minor player during the middle decades of the twentieth century, Jake Rosenfeld asserts. For generations it was the core institution fighting for economic and political equality in the United States. Unions leveraged their bargaining power to deliver benefits to workers while shaping cultural understandings of fairness in the workplace. What Unions No Longer Do details the consequences of labor's decline, including poorer working conditions, less economic assimilation for immigrants, and wage stagnation among African-Americans. In short, unions are no longer instrumental in combating inequality in our economy and our politics, resulting in a sharp decline in the prospects of American workers and their families.
Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on Local Taxation
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Local Taxation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Union Pacific Employes' Magazine
Reports from Committees
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
The Typographical Journal
The Resurgence of Class Conflict in Western Europe Since 1968: Comparative analyses
Author: Colin Crouch
Publisher: New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Industrial relations
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Comparison of recent patterns of labour relations and labour disputes in Belgium, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Italy, Netherlands and the UK - comprises an analysis of strikes, lockouts, strike frequency, civil disobedience (political problems), collective bargaining demands, trade union militancy and workers representation. References and statistical tables.
Publisher: New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Industrial relations
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Comparison of recent patterns of labour relations and labour disputes in Belgium, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Italy, Netherlands and the UK - comprises an analysis of strikes, lockouts, strike frequency, civil disobedience (political problems), collective bargaining demands, trade union militancy and workers representation. References and statistical tables.
Debates of the Senate
Author: Canada. Parliament. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Cigar Makers' Official Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cigar makers
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Vols. 12-20 include: Cigar Maker's International Union of America. Annual financial report (title varies slightly), 1886-1894. (From 1886-1891 issued as a numbered section of the periodical.).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cigar makers
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Vols. 12-20 include: Cigar Maker's International Union of America. Annual financial report (title varies slightly), 1886-1894. (From 1886-1891 issued as a numbered section of the periodical.).
Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard).
Author: Canada. Parliament. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description