| Organizing to Win Contributor(s): Bronfenbrenner, Kate (Editor), Friedman, Sheldon (Editor), Hurd, Richard W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801484464 ISBN-13: 9780801484469 Publisher: ILR Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: At a time when the American labor movement is mobilizing for a major resurgence through new organizing, here, at last, is a book about research on union organizing strategies. Previous studies have focused on factors contributing to union decline, devoting little attention to the organizing process itself. The twenty chapters in this volume dramatically increase understanding of the range and effectiveness of new organizing strategies and their potential contribution to the revitalization of the labor movement. The introduction defines the context of the current organizing climate. Major sections of the book cover strategic initiatives in union organizing, overcoming barriers to worker support for unions, community-based organizing, building membership and public support for organizing, and organizing initiatives by industry or by sector. Individual chapters focus on topics such as organizing outside the NLRB process, the role of clergy, local labor councils, and rank-and-file volunteer organizers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.891 |
| LCCN: 97-28827 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Series: Detroit Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.19" (1.17 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At a time when the American labor movement is mobilizing for a major resurgence through new organizing, here, at last, is a book about research on union organizing strategies. Previous studies have focused on factors contributing to union decline, devoting little attention to the organizing process itself. The twenty chapters in this volume dramatically increase understanding of the range and effectiveness of new organizing strategies and their potential contribution to the revitalization of the labor movement.The introduction defines the context of the current organizing climate. Major sections of the book cover strategic initiatives in union organizing, overcoming barriers to worker support for unions, community-based organizing, building membership and public support for organizing, and organizing initiatives by industry or by sector. Individual chapters focus on topics such as organizing outside the NLRB process, the role of clergy, local labor councils, and rank-and-file volunteer organizers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friedman, Sheldon: - Kate Bronfenbrenner is Director of Labor Education Research for the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. SHELDON FRIEDMAN is an economist with the AFL-CIO. Richard W. Hurd is Professor and Director, the Labor Studies Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Rudolph A. Oswald is former Director of Economic Research for the AFL-CIO. RONALD L. SEEBER is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Seeber, Ronald L.: - Kate Bronfenbrenner is Director of Labor Education Research for the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. SHELDON FRIEDMAN is an economist with the AFL-CIO. Richard W. Hurd is Professor and Director, the Labor Studies Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Rudolph A. Oswald is former Director of Economic Research for the AFL-CIO. RONALD L. SEEBER is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Hurd, Richard W.: - Richard Hurd is Director of the Labor Studies Program and coeditor of two books from Cornell, including Organizing to Win.Oswald, Rudolph A.: - Kate Bronfenbrenner is Director of Labor Education Research for the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. SHELDON FRIEDMAN is an economist with the AFL-CIO. Richard W. Hurd is Professor and Director, the Labor Studies Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Rudolph A. Oswald is former Director of Economic Research for the AFL-CIO. RONALD L. SEEBER is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Bronfenbrenner, Kate: - Kate Bronfenbrenner is Director of Labor Education Research at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. She is coauthor of Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor and coeditor of Organizing to Win: New Research on Union Strategies, both from Cornell. |
