What unions no longer do

Rosenfeld, Jake

What unions no longer do [Texte imprimé] / Jake Rosenfeld - Cambridge ; London : Harvard University Press, 2014 - 1 vol. (279 p.) : graph. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. [255]-270

Introduction -- The collapse of organized labor in the United States -- Government is not the answer : why public sector unionism won't rescue the labor movement -- Wages and inequality -- Strikes -- The timing was terrible : deunionization and racial inequality -- Justice for janitors? : deunionization and Hispanic economic assimilation -- The ballot box : deunionization and political participation -- The past as prologue : the labor movement prenew deal, today, and tomorrow -- Appendix: Data and methods -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

978-0-674-72511-9

Labor movement--United States Income distribution--United States Labor unions--Political activity--United States Minorities--United States--Social conditions

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