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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554488003321

Autore

Madland David

Titolo

Re-union : how bold labor reforms can repair, revitalize, and reunite the United States / / David Madland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : ILR Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-5538-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 227 pages)

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

331.880973

Soggetti

Labor unions - United States - 21st century

Industrial relations - United States

Labor policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Plan -- Unions as the Solution -- The Contours of a Modern Labor System -- Lessons from Canada, Britain, and Australia -- Answering Skeptics -- Creating the New System.

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes for reform. The book's multilayered analysis presents a solution - a model to replace the existing firm-based collective bargaining with a larger, industry-scale bargaining method coupled with powerful incentives for union membership. These changes would represent a remarkable shift from the norm, but would be based on lessons from other countries, US history and current policy in several cities and states. In outlining the shift, the book details how these proposals might mend the broken economic and political systems in the United States. It also uses three examples from Britain, Canada, and Australia to explore what there is yet to learn about this new system in other developed nations.