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...

"By 1914, millions of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe were doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America's mines, mills and factories. The next decade saw major economic and demographic changes and indoctrination of immigrant populations with labor movement ideology. In...

March 1927-April 1962. Home ; Sal si puedes ; The priest, the organizer, and the lumber handler ; Cesar finds his calling ; Staying organized ; The first disciples ; David vs. Goliath, round one ; No hay mal que por bien no venga -- April 1962-July 1970. Viva La Causa ; Chavez in command ; The...

Thinking regionally -- The regional power-building model emerges in California -- Developing a regional policy agenda -- Deep coalitions -- From access to governance : building aggressive political action -- Understanding the spread of regional power building across the country -- Toward a...

Austerity and the labor movement -- Austerity in modern day Europe -- Austerity and the labor movement in the UK -- Austerity and the labor movement in the United States -- Social movements, political parties, and social movement unionism: hope for the future?