The Working Stiff Journal Vol. The sheer amount of books put out in recent years about the labor movement in the United States is staggering. However, every once in a while a book comes along that has some real worth to activists. Up, just happens to be one of those rare and valuable books.
Power is a book with a mission the revamping of the labor movement from the bottom up.
For sure many on the left call for this very thing, but few present any real strategy, let alone immediate tactics for the battle zone. For Parker and Gruelle, democracy is not a empty buzzword but the central means and end for revitalizing labor. One of the highlights of the book is their advice to union militants to simply ignore, unless for some particular reason it is absolutely necessary, the much hyped Robert s Rules of Order when conducting meetings. They urge union activists to leave discussions as open and forthright as possible. A greatly simplified and useful rules of order is included that should satisfy even the most ornery of process freaks.