03090nam 2200661 a 450 991045492210332120200520144314.01-84964-076-9(CKB)1000000000802694(StDuBDS)AH22933380(SSID)ssj0000426664(PQKBManifestationID)11257657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426664(PQKBWorkID)10404478(PQKB)10543068(MiAaPQ)EBC3386183(Au-PeEL)EBL3386183(CaPaEBR)ebr10479656(CaONFJC)MIL987802(OCoLC)651663917(EXLCZ)99100000000080269420070209d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRamparts of resistance[electronic resource] why workers lost their power and how to get it back /Sheila CohenLondon ;Ann Arbor, Mich. Pluto20061 online resource (264 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1529-1 0-7453-1534-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. What happened -- pt. 2. What to make of it all.Ramparts of Resistance examines the experience of British and US workers during the last three decades to offer a broad analysis of the need for a new independent politics of trade unionism. Recent years have seen great changes in the trade union movement, from waves of strikes in the 1970's to a battery of employer and state onslaughts, culminating in the anti-union legislation of the 1980's and 1990's. Looking at grassroots labour struggles, Cohen explores issues of reformism, trade union democracy and the political meaning of ordinary workplace resistance, and puts forward ideas for change. Ramparts of Resistance examines the failure of the union movement to rise to the neo-liberal challenge and calls for a new politics of independent unionism and an explicitly class-based renewal of "workers' power". Coming at a time when union activity and membership involvement continues despite the odds, this book is an inspiring guide to the direction that unionism should take.Labor unionsGreat BritainLabor unionsUnited StatesLabor unionsGovernment policyGreat BritainLabor unionsGovernment policyUnited StatesIndustrial relationsGreat BritainIndustrial relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Labor unionsLabor unionsLabor unionsGovernment policyLabor unionsGovernment policyIndustrial relationsIndustrial relations331.880941Cohen Sheila880143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454922103321Ramparts of resistance1965238UNINA