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A New Labor Movement for the New Century by Gregory Mantsios; Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Labor Resource Center is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A New Labor Movement for the New Century about?

<p>This collection of original essays offers an inside view of the current state of American unions. Most of the contributors are prominent activists in the AFL-CIO, and their writings assess the state of the movement in the late 1990s.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>Leaders and activists associated with the mainstream American Federation of Labor after the election of reformer John Sweeney as president in 1995 offer their plans and visions for the labor movement. In 13 original essays they cover democracy, ideology, and change; organizing the unorganized; diversity and inclusion; parties and politics; and international affairs. Among the perspectives are creating democratic communities in the workplace, membership-based organizing, strategies for including women and rebuilding unionism, building a labor party, and developing and enforcing international labor standards. Sweeney himself contributes an afterword. No bibliographical references. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

Author

Gregory Mantsios; Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Labor Resource Center

Publisher

New York: Monthly Review Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780853459378

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business