A New American Labor Movement : The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action
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| Title: | A New American Labor Movement : The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action |
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| Description: | Describes how new kinds of direct-action labor movements are emerging to reshape American labor activism in the twenty-first century.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. |
| Authors: | William E. Scheuerman |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Labor movement--United States--History--21st century, Direct action--United States--History--21st century |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Describes how new kinds of direct-action labor movements are emerging to reshape American labor activism in the twenty-first century.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: | 9781438485485 9781438485492 9781438485508 |
