The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the
bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement,
William Scheuerman analyzes how the decline of unions and the
emergence of these new direct-action movements are reshaping the
American labor movement. Tens of thousands of exploited workers—from
farm laborers and gig drivers to freelance artists and restaurant
workers—have taken to the streets in a collective attempt to attain
a living wage and decent working conditions, with or without the help
of unions. This new worker militancy, expressed through mass
demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins, political action, and similar
activities, has already achieved much success and offers models for
workers to exercise their power in the twenty-first century. Finally,
Scheuerman notes, many of the strategies of the new direct-action
groups share features with the sectoral bargaining model that
dominates the European labor movement, suggesting that sectoral
bargaining may become the foundation of a new American labor movement.
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ISBN
9781438485508
Publisert
2020
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Suny Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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