Wisconsin uprising : labor fights back

Wisconsin uprising : labor fights back / edited by Michael D. Yates ; foreword by Robert W. McChesney.

In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members and their allies. The protests to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically unheard of in this era of declining union power. N...

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Other Authors: Yates, Michael D., 1946- (Editor), McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2010.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Labor movement > Wisconsin > History > 21st century.
Labor unions > Wisconsin > History > 21st century.
Working class > United States > Social conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor movement
Labor unions
Working class > Social conditions
United States
Wisconsin
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreward by Robert W. McChesney
  • Editor's introduction : something is in the air
  • On the ground in Madison
  • Disciplining labor, dismantling democracy : rebellion and control in Wisconsin / Connor Donegan
  • Capitalist crisis and the Wisconsin uprising / Andrew Sernatinger
  • Who were the leaders of the Wisconsin uprising? / Lee Sustar
  • A new American workers' movement has begun / Dan La Botz
  • The Wisconsin uprising / Frank Emspak
  • Moving forward : the lessons of Wisconsin
  • Back to the future : union survival strategies in open shop America / Rand Wilson and Steve Early
  • In the wake of Wisconsin, what next? / Stephanie Luce
  • What can we learn from Wisconsin
  • Broadening and deepening the class struggle
  • The roads not taken / Elly Leary
  • The assault on public services : will unions lament the attacks or fight back / Michael Hurley and Sam Gindin
  • Marching away from the Cold War / David Bacon
  • No, no, no, the people have the power / Dave Zirin
  • Fighting wage cuts in upstate new york teaches chemical workers the value of mobilization / Jon Flanders
  • Beyond Wisconsin : seeking new priorities as labor challenges war / Michael Zweig
  • Building communities of solidarity from Madison to bend / Fernando Gapasin
  • Class warfare in longview, Washington : "No Wisconsin here" / Michael Yates
  • Note on contributors.

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