0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour

Buy Now

Ravenswood - The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,080
Discovery Miles 10 800
Ravenswood - The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor (Paperback): Tom Juravich, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Ravenswood - The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor (Paperback)

Tom Juravich, Kate Bronfenbrenner

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,080 Discovery Miles 10 800 | Repayment Terms: R101 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Over the past two decades, Americans have seen their workplaces downsized and streamlined, their jobs out-sourced, sped up, and, all too often, eliminated. Unions have seemed powerless to defend their members, with big defeats in the strikes at PATCO, Eastern Airlines, International Paper, and Hormel. Ravenswood recounts how the United Steelworkers of America, in a battle waged over an aluminum plant in West Virginia, proved that organized labor can still win even against a company controlled by one of the world's richest and most powerful men. Fast paced and compellingly written, the book provides an insider's look at the new tactics that many hope will revitalize the struggle for workers' rights in America.On November 1, 1990, just as its contract with the United Steelworkers of America was about to expire, Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation locked out its seventeen hundred employees and hired permanent replacements. Despite deteriorating conditions that had led to five deaths in the previous year, the company had refused to discuss safety and health issues. The locked-out workers faced an industry in turmoil, a plant manager with a grudge against the union, and a business controlled by a billionaire fugitive from justice. Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner describe how victory was achieved through the commitment of the workers and their families coupled with one of the most innovative contract campaigns ever waged by an American union."

General

Imprint: ILR Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2000
First published: 2000
Authors: Tom Juravich • Kate Bronfenbrenner
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-8666-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Strikes
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions
Promotions
LSN: 0-8014-8666-1
Barcode: 9780801486661

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Frans Barker's The South African labour…
D. Yu, P Roos Paperback R817 Discovery Miles 8 170
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy…
Fritz W. Scharpf, Vivien A. Schmidt Hardcover R6,369 Discovery Miles 63 690
Society, Work and Welfare in Europe
Christine Cousins Hardcover R5,013 Discovery Miles 50 130
Labour at War - France and Britain…
John N. Horne Hardcover R4,665 Discovery Miles 46 650
Market, Class, and Employment
Patrick McGovern, Stephen Hill, … Hardcover R5,449 Discovery Miles 54 490
Life on the Line in Contemporary…
Rick Delbridge Hardcover R6,026 Discovery Miles 60 260
Durkheim: The Division of Labour in…
Emile Durkheim Hardcover R4,692 Discovery Miles 46 920
Contingent Workers' Voice in Southern…
Sofia Perez De Guzman, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, … Hardcover R3,121 Discovery Miles 31 210
Advanced Introduction to the Sociology…
Amy S. Wharton Paperback R696 Discovery Miles 6 960
Retiring Women - Work and Post-work…
Philip Taylor, Catherine Earl, … Hardcover R3,088 Discovery Miles 30 880
Trade Shows in the 21st Century - The…
Anne-sophie Beliard, Sidonie Naulin Hardcover R3,246 Discovery Miles 32 460
My Scottish Common People
George Smith Paperback R438 Discovery Miles 4 380

See more

Partners