Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania Young James
Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania Young James If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor…
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Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania Young James
If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor union. But this was not always the case, as historian and activist James Young shows in this vibrant story of the United Electrical Workers Union. And even if you're part of that unionized 10 percent, chances are your union doesn't carry much economic or political clout.
The UE, built by hundreds of rank-and-file worker-activists in the quintessentially industrial town of Erie, Pennsylvania, was able to transform the conditions of the working class largely because it went beyond the standard call for living wages to demand quantum leaps in worker control over workplaces, community institutions, and the policies of the federal government itself.James Young's book is a richly empowering history told from below, showing that the collective efforts of the many
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