What unions no longer do

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Collapse of Organized Labor in the United States -- 2. Government Is Not the Answer: Why Public-Sector Unionism Won't Rescue the Labor Movement -- 3. Wages and Inequality -- 4. Strikes -- 5. The Timing Was Terrible: Deunionization and Racial Inequality -- 6. Justice for Janitors: Deunionization and Hispanic Economic Assimilation -- 7. The Ballot Box Deunionization and Political Participation -- 8. The Past as Prologue: The Labor Movement Pre-New Deal, Today, and Tomorrow -- Appendix: Data and Methods -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.