Enough blame to go around : the labor pains of New York City's public employee unions / / Richard Steier
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Steier Richard
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| Titolo: |
Enough blame to go around : the labor pains of New York City's public employee unions / / Richard Steier
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.88/113517471 |
| Soggetto topico: | Collective bargaining - Government employees - New York (State) |
| Labor unions - Officials and employees | |
| Labor unions - New York (State) - History | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Enough Blame to Go Around""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Part I: Unions on the Run""; ""Chapter 1: A New Sheriff�s in Town; The Town Is Nottingham""; ""Why Afflict the Comfortable?""; ""More Fearful of Boss than of Members""; ""�Many Have Nowhere to Go�""; ""�Did They Really Negotiate?�""; ""Soak Rich, Dampen Ambitions""; ""Chapter 2: Staring Down the Barrel of Reagan�s Legacy""; ""Chipped Away at 50 Years of Gains""; ""The Billionaire�s Club""; ""A Pass for Union Supporters""; ""Not Burning GOP Bridges"" |
| ""61 Percent Oppose Rights Loss""""�30 Years of Wage Suppression�""; ""Tax Cut As Good As a Raise?""; ""�They�re Out for Blood�""; ""Chapter 3: The �Evil Genius� Loses One""; ""�City Won�t Suffer More�""; ""Hoped for �Kinder, Gentler Mayor�""; ""Not a Stealth Mayor""; ""�First Line of Defense�""; ""Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?""; ""Making the Law Work""; ""Chapter 4: �Christmas Bonuses� and Other Wicked Fables""; ""Please Don�t Annoy the Affluent""; ""Partly Based on a True Story""; ""City Actuary Proposed VSF""; ""A Mutual Desire for Change"" | |
| ""�Traded Uncertainty for Certainty�""""No Skim if Funds Were Flush""; ""�That�s Scoppetta�s Team�""; ""Warns of Aging Force""; ""�Not Source of City�s Problem�""; ""A DROP from Mayor�s Narrative""; ""Chapter 5: Unions Finally Aroused by Mayor�s Distortions""; ""Blinkers on for CityTime""; ""Unions Slow to Grasp Mayor�s Aim""; ""�Telling One Lie after Another�""; ""Tough to Get Labor�s Side Out""; ""Chance to Win Over Public""; ""Chapter 6: Pensions a Beachhead for Class Warfare""; ""�Leave Seniors Eating Dog Food�""; ""Praise the Workers, Damn Union Bosses"" | |
| ""Whacking the City""""Mayor�s War on VSFs""; ""Another Wall Street Con?""; ""�Blaming the Victim�""; ""Don�t Punish Unions� Foresight""; ""Chapter 7: Tabs to Randi: Burn, Baby""; ""Letting the Testosterone Flow""; ""�We Expose, They Demonize�""; ""An Offer He Can Refuse""; ""Cutting Peer Program""; ""�Doesn�t Consult Us�""; ""A Phony Populism""; ""Chapter 8: Sister Randi Explains It All""; ""Merit Pay and Pension Gains""; ""National Union on Her Horizon?""; ""�Infantilizing Teachers�""; ""�Raised Living Standard�""; ""�Test Prep Not Life Prep�"" | |
| ""Mastered Give-and-Take""""�Not a Spectator Sport�""; ""�Salt of the Earth�""; ""�Like Night and Day�""; ""Chapter 9: OTB Workers Unwilling to Gamble on Defiance""; ""Stars Aligned Against Unions""; ""Principles vs. Pragmatism""; ""Cuomo the Dark Horse""; ""No Phone-Worker Assurances""; ""�Major Score� for NYRA""; ""Chapter 10: �The Prince� Incarnate in a Cuomovellian Gambit""; ""Subverted to the Greater Good?""; ""Some Got Haircut, Others Scalped""; ""�Played Us Against Each Other�""; ""Silver Didn�t Ride to Rescue""; ""Shutdown Threat Worked"" | |
| ""Not Reckoning with Adaptability"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Veteran labor journalist Richard Steier explores the tensions between New York City's public employee unions, their critics, and city and state politicians"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Enough blame to go around |
| ISBN: | 1-4619-5147-X |
| 1-4384-4956-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826996403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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