An "entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued" (The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fought to change the balance of power in AmericaA Kirkus Reviews best book of 2018, A History of America in Ten Strikes―published in the wake of the teachers' strike that swept the country in 2018―challenges all of our contemporary assumptions around labor, unions, and American workers. Labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers' strikes in American labor history in "chapters [that] are self-contained enough to be used on their own in union trainings or reading groups" (Labor Notes), and adds an appendix detailing the 150 most important strikes in American history. These labor uprisings do not just reflect the times in which they occurred, but speak directly to the present moment, where American workers are still fighting for basic rights like a livable minimum wage.From the Lowell Mill Girls strike in the 1830s to Justice for Janitors in 1990, "what Loomis's book perhaps does best is remind us that the promise of the labor movement, despite its many failures and compromises, has always been to make everyday life more democratic" (The New Republic).As a new generation of workers flexes their muscles with renewed strike campaigns on behalf of teachers, autoworkers, and nurses, we have much to learn from both the victories and defeats of the past, from the boots up.
Details e-book A History of America in Ten Strikes
🗸 Author(s): Erik Loomis
🗸 Title: A History of America in Ten Strikes
🗸 Rating : 4.7 from 5 stars (138 reviews)
🗸 ISBN-10: 1620976277
🗸 ISBN-13: 9781620976272
🗸 Languange: English
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🗸 Supported Devices: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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