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Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back - Softcover

Yates, Michael D.

 
9781583672808: Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back
Softcover
ISBN 10: 158367280X ISBN 13: 9781583672808
Verlag: MONTHLY REVIEW PR, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

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. Nearly
forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic
crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor
movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the
face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening
unemployment, and growing inequality.

That is, until now. Under pressure from a union-busting governor
and his supporters in the legislature, and inspired by the
massive uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, workers in Wisconsin
shook the nation with their colossal display of solidarity and
outrage. Their struggle is still ongoing, but there are lessons
to be learned from the Wisconsin revolt. This timely book
brings together some of the best labor journalists and scholars
in the United States, many of whom were on the ground
at the time, to examine the causes and impact of events, and
suggest how the labor movement might proceed in this new
era of union militancy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael D. Yates is Editorial Director of Monthly Review Press. For many years, he taught working people in labor education programs throughout the United States, seeking to teach, speak, and write for and with the working class and not just about it. He has helped organize labor unions and has written extensively about them. His most recent book is Can the Working Class Change the World? (Monthly Review Press).

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Verlag
MONTHLY REVIEW PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
158367280X
ISBN 13 
9781583672808
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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