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001 2014020463
003 DLC
005 20150715124234.0
008 140606s2014 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014020463
020 $a9781595588364 (hardback)
020 $z9781595588654 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHD6508$b.G374 2014
082 00 $a331.880973$223
084 $aPOL013000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGeoghegan, Thomas,$d1949-
245 10 $aOnly one thing can save us :$bwhy America needs a new kind of labor movement /$cThomas Geoghegan.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe New Press,$c2014.
300 $a255 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Is labor's day over or is labor the only real answer for our time? In this new book, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan argues that even as organized labor seems to be crumbling, a revived--but different--labor movement is now more relevant than ever in our increasingly unequal society. The inequality reshaping the country goes beyond money and income: the workplace is more authoritarian than ever, and we have even less of a say over our conditions at work. He tells us stories, sometimes humorous but more often chilling, about problems working people like his own clients--cabdrivers, cashiers, even Chicago public school teachers--now face in our largely union-free economy. He then explains why a new kind of labor movement (and not just more higher education) will be crucial for saving what is left of the middle class; pushing Keynes's original, sometimes forgotten ideas for getting the rich to invest and reduce our balance of trade; and promoting John Dewey's "democratic way of life"--one that would start in the schools and continue in our places of work. A "public policy" book that is compulsively readable, Only One Thing Can Save Us is vintage Geoghegan, blending acerbic and witty commentary with unparalleled insight into the real dynamics (and human experience) of working in America today. "--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aLabor unions$zUnited States.
650 0 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.$2bisacsh