Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rights

by David Brody

Book Overview

American unions are weaker now than at any time in the past hundred years, with fewer than one in ten private-sector workers currently organized. In Labor Embattled, David Brody says this is a problem not only for the unions but also a disaster for American democracy and social justice.

In a series of historically informed chapters, Brody explores recent developments affecting American workers in light of labor's past. Of special...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252072464
• ISBN13: 9780252072468
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"