The Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Hardcover, New)

Based on three years of ethnographic research, this book takes a close look at one of the CIO unions that did not move from craft to business unionism: the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union's (ILWU) major longshore local (Local 10, San Francisco). American unionism looks quite different than conventional scholarly wisdom suggests when actual union practices are observed. One finds that in the ILWU, resistance to management's authority is collectively legitimated behavior, and explicitly acknowledged as good trade unionism. This case study suggests that American labor's trajectory is neither inevitable nor determined; that militant, democratic forms of unionism are possible in the United States; and that collective bargaining need not eliminate contests for control over the workplace. Under certain conditions, the contract is a bargain that reflects and reproduces fundamental disagreement; it is a document that states how production and conflict will proceed.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	1997
Authors:	David Wellman
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-45005-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions
LSN:	0-521-45005-5
Barcode:	9780521450058

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