Although International Paper, the richest paper company and largest
landowner in the United States, enjoyed record profits and gave
large bonuses to executives in 1987, that same year the company
demanded that employees take a substantial paycut, sacrifice
hundreds of jobs, and forego their Christmas holiday. At the
Adroscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, twelve hundred workers responded by
going on strike from June 1987 to October 1988. Local union members
mobilized an army of volunteers but International Paper brought in
permanent replacement workers and the strike was ultimately lost.
Julius Getman tells the story of that strike and its implications
-- a story of a community changing under pressure; of surprising
leaders, strategists, and orators emerging; of lifelong friendships
destroyed and new bonds forged.
At a time when the role of organized labor is in transition,
Getman suggests, this strike has particular significance. He
documents the early negotiations, the battle for public opinion,
the heroic efforts to maintain solidarity, and the local union's
sense of betrayal by its national leadership. With exceptional
richness in perspective, Getman includes the memories and informed
speculations of union stalwarts, managers, and workers, including
those who crossed the picket line, and shows the damage years later
to the individuals, the community, and the mill. He demonstrates
the law's bias, the company's undervaluing of employees, and the
international union's excessive concern with internal politics.
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