Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right: Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing Worker Voice

by Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit

American society has grown dramatically more unequal over the past quarter century. The economic gains of American workers after World War II have slowly been eroded--in part because organized labor has gone from encompassing one-third of the private sector workers to less than one-tenth. One reason for the labor movement's collapse is the existence of weak labor laws that, for example, impose only minimal penalties on employers who illegally fire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870785230
• ISBN13: 9780870785238
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Century Foundation Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"