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Rebel Rank and File - Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s (Paperback)
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Rebel Rank and File - Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s (Paperback)
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Often considered irredeemably conservative, the US working class
actually has a rich history of revolt. Rebel Rank and File uncovers
the hidden story of insurgency from below against employers and
union bureaucrats in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the mid-1960s
to 1981, rank-and-file workers in the United States engaged in a
level of sustained militancy not seen since the Great Depression
and World War II. Millions participated in one of the largest
strike waves in US history. There were 5,716 stoppages in 1970
alone, involving more than 3 million workers. Contract rejections,
collective insubordination, sabotage, organized slowdowns, and
wildcat strikes were the order of the day. Workers targeted much of
their activity at union leaders, forming caucuses to fight for more
democratic and combative unions that would forcefully resist the
mounting offensive from employers that appeared at the end of the
postwar economic boom. It was a remarkable era in the history of US
class struggle, one rich in lessons for today's labor movement.
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