Highly acclaimed and widely read since its first publication in 1986, American Workers, American Unions provides a concise and compelling history of American workers and their unions in the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. Taking into account recent important work on...

The dilemma of the narrow door -- Millions go knocking -- Employers close the door -- Signing up in the shipyard -- Out of the Southern frying pan, into the global fire -- Resistance in retail: organizing Woodward & Lothrop -- 9 to 5: framing a new doorway