Singlejack solidarity [[electronic resource] /] / Stan Weir ; edited and with an afterword by George Lipsitz ; foreword by Norm Diamond

• Autore: Weir Stan
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.88/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Labor unions - United States - Officials and employees; Labor unions - United States; Labor movement - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LipsitzGeorge
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-365) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; I. Working-Class Cultures; II. The Human Costs of Automation; III. Solidarity Networks; IV. Workers, Politics, and Social Change; V. The Vanguard Party and Worker Self-Activity; VI. Primary Work Groups; VII. The Failure of Business Unionism, the Rank and File Alternative; Notes; Publication History; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited and with an afterword by George LipsitzBlue-collar intellectual and activist, Stan Weir devoted his life to the advocacy of his fellow workers. Singlejack Solidarity offers a rare look at life and social relations as seen from the factory, dockside, and the shop floor. Gathered here for the first time, Weir's writings-part memoir, labor history, and polemic-document a crucial chapter in the story of working-class America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Singlejack solidarity
• ISBN: 0-8166-9565-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451653403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical American studies series.