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050 00 $aHD6508$b.L96 2015
100 1 $aLynd, Staughton.
245 10 $aSolidarity unionism :$brebuilding the labor movement from below /$cStaughton Lynd ; with illustrations by Mike Konopacki ; introduction by Immanuel Ness.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aOakland, CA :$bPM Press ;$aDexter, MI :$bThomson-Shore,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $a117 pages ;$c21 cm
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520 $aSolidarity Unionism is critical reading for all who care about the future of labor. Drawing deeply on Staughton Lynd's experiences as a labor lawyer and activist in Youngstown, OH, and on his profound understanding of the history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Solidarity Unionism helps us begin to put not only movement but also vision back into the labor movement. While many lament the decline of traditional unions, Lynd takes succor in the blossoming of rank-and-file worker organizations throughout the world that are countering rapacious capitalists and those comfortable labor leaders that think they know more about work and struggle than their own members. If we apply a new measure of workers' power that is deeply rooted in gatherings of workers and communities, the bleak and static perspective about the sorry state of labor today becomes bright and dynamic. To secure the gains of solidarity unions, Staughton has proposed parallel bodies of workers who share the principles of rank-and-file solidarity and can coordinate the activities of local workers' assemblies. Detailed and inspiring examples include experiments in workers' self-organization across industries in steel-producing Youngstown, as well as horizontal networks of solidarity formed in a variety of U.S. cities and successful direct actions overseas. This is a tradition that workers understand but labor leaders reject. After so many failures, it is time to frankly recognize that the century-old system of recognition of a single union as exclusive collective bargaining agent was fatally flawed from the beginning, and doesn't work for most workers. If we are to live with dignity, we must collectively resist. This book is not a prescription but reveals the lived experience of working people continuously taking risks for the common good.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
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700 1 $aKonopacki, Mike,$eillustrator.
700 1 $aNess, Immanuel,$ewriter of introduction.
830 0 $aHarvey & Jessie series.