Solidarity divided the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice - Fletcher, Bill, Jr.; Gapasin, Fernando, 1946-; ProQuest (Firm) (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008)
Challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Developing strategy in times of change -- Globalization : the biggest strategic challenge -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: AFL-CIO.; Labor movement -- United States -- History; Electronic books