We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing
Dana L. Cloud
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Description for We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing
Hardback. A timely account of workers taking back their union Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 1KBBWS; HBTK; KNDV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
In this extraordinary tale of union democracy, Dana L. Cloud engages union reformers at Boeing in Wichita and Seattle to reveal how ordinary workers attempted to take command of their futures by chipping away at the cozy partnership between union leadership and corporate management. Taking readers into the central dilemma of having to fight an institution while simultaneously using it as a bastion of basic self-defense, We Are the Union offers a sophisticated exploration of the structural opportunities and balance of forces at play in modern unions told through a highly relevant case study. Focusing on the 1995 strike at ... Read more
In this extraordinary tale of union democracy, Dana L. Cloud engages union reformers at Boeing in Wichita and Seattle to reveal how ordinary workers attempted to take command of their futures by chipping away at the cozy partnership between union leadership and corporate management. Taking readers into the central dilemma of having to fight an institution while simultaneously using it as a bastion of basic self-defense, We Are the Union offers a sophisticated exploration of the structural opportunities and balance of forces at play in modern unions told through a highly relevant case study. Focusing on the 1995 strike at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252036378
SKU
V9780252036378
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99-1
About Dana L. Cloud
Dana L. Cloud is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of Consolation and Control in American Culture: Rhetorics of Therapy.
Reviews for We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing
"Provides readers with the authentic voices of workers struggling to be heard."
Industrial and Labor Relations Review "[A] detailed and well-researched study. . . . Makes a case for a more aggressive, more democratic labor movement that could reverse declining union membership density. Recommended."
Choice "Cloud poignantly portrays the exhausting costs of activism—personal, financial, and political."
Journal of American History "Dana Cloud explores ... Read more
Industrial and Labor Relations Review "[A] detailed and well-researched study. . . . Makes a case for a more aggressive, more democratic labor movement that could reverse declining union membership density. Recommended."
Choice "Cloud poignantly portrays the exhausting costs of activism—personal, financial, and political."
Journal of American History "Dana Cloud explores ... Read more