03806nam 22007334a 450 991082408980332120240410064232.097866127630071-282-76300-81-59734-647-00-520-93771-610.1525/9780520937710(CKB)1000000000024218(EBL)223952(OCoLC)475929442(SSID)ssj0000168874(PQKBManifestationID)11177374(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000168874(PQKBWorkID)10203962(PQKB)11673046(MiAaPQ)EBC223952(DE-B1597)519856(OCoLC)56713843(DE-B1597)9780520937710(Au-PeEL)EBL223952(CaPaEBR)ebr10068591(CaONFJC)MIL276300(EXLCZ)99100000000002421820031022d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHard work[electronic resource] remaking the American labor movement /Rick Fantasia, Kim Voss1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20041 online resource (261 p.)Revised and enlarged edition of Des syndicats domestiqués, which was originally written in English, then translated into French and published in Paris by Raisons d'agir, 2002.0-520-24013-8 0-520-24090-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index.Why labor matters: the underside of the "American model" -- An exceptionally hostile terrain -- Bureaucrats, "strongmen," militants, and intellectuals -- Practices and possibilities of social movement unionism.This concise overview of the labor movement in the United States focuses on why American workers have failed to develop the powerful unions that exist in other industrialized countries. Packed with valuable analysis and information, Hard Work explores historical perspectives, examines social and political policies, and brings us inside today's unions, providing an excellent introduction to labor in America. Hard Work begins with a comparison of the very different conditions that prevail for labor in the United States and in Europe. What emerges is a picture of an American labor movement forced to operate on terrain shaped by powerful corporations, a weak state, and an inhospitable judicial system. What also emerges is a picture of an American worker that has virtually disappeared from the American social imagination. Recently, however, the authors find that a new kind of unionism-one that more closely resembles a social movement-has begun to develop from the shell of the old labor movement. Looking at the cities of Los Angeles and Las Vegas they point to new practices that are being developed by innovative unions to fight corporate domination, practices that may well signal a revival of unionism and the emergence of a new social imagination in the United States.Labor movementUnited StatesLabor unionsSocial aspectsUnited StatesLabor unionsUnited StatesManagementIndustrial relationsUnited StatesBureaucracyUnited StatesLabor movementLabor unionsSocial aspectsLabor unionsManagement.Industrial relationsBureaucracy331.88/0973Fantasia Rick965308Voss Kim1709803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824089803321Hard work4099883UNINA