Wisconsin uprising
Subtitle: labor fights back
By: edited by Michael D. Yates ; foreword by Robert W. McChesney
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781583672808; 9781583672815
Subjects: Social conditions; Labor movement; Working class; Labor unions; History
Description: "In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members and their allies. The protests to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically unheard of in this era of declining union power. Nearly forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening unemployment, and growing inequality.

That is, until now. Under pressure from a union-busting governor and his supporters in the legislature, and inspired by the massive uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, workers in Wisconsin shook the nation with their colossal display of solidarity and outrage. Their struggle is still ongoing, but there are lessons to be learned from the Wisconsin revolt. This timely book brings together some of the best labor journalists and scholars in the United States, many of whom were on the ground at the time, to examine the causes and impact of events, and suggest how the labor movement might proceed in this new era of union militancy."--Pub. desc.
Table of contents: title: Foreward by Robert W. McChesney; title: Editor's introduction : something is in the air; title: On the ground in Madison; title: Disciplining labor, dismantling democracy : rebellion and control in Wisconsin / Connor Donegan; title: Capitalist crisis and the Wisconsin uprising / Andrew Sernatinger; title: Who were the leaders of the Wisconsin uprising? / Lee Sustar; title: A new American workers' movement has begun / Dan La Botz; title: The Wisconsin uprising / Frank Emspak; title: Moving forward : the lessons of Wisconsin; title: Back to the future : union survival strategies in open shop America / Rand Wilson and Steve Early; title: In the wake of Wisconsin, what next? / Stephanie Luce; title: What can we learn from Wisconsin; title: Broadening and deepening the class struggle; title: The roads not taken / Elly Leary; title: The assault on public services : will unions lament the attacks or fight back / Michael Hurley and Sam Gindin; title: Marching away from the Cold War / David Bacon; title: No, no, no, the people have the power / Dave Zirin; title: Fighting wage cuts in upstate new york teaches chemical workers the value of mobilization / Jon Flanders; title: Beyond Wisconsin : seeking new priorities as labor challenges war / Michael Zweig; title: Building communities of solidarity from Madison to bend / Fernando Gapasin; title: Class warfare in longview, Washington : "No Wisconsin here" / Michael Yates; title: Note on contributors.