Labor unions
By: Viqi Wagner, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780737738223; 9780737738230
Subjects: Labor unions
Description: Offers various opinions on the issues surrounding the status and effectiveness of organized labor in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-227) and index.

Periodical bibliography (p. 215).
Table of contents: title: Why consider opposing viewpoints? --; title: Introduction -- -- ch. 1.; title: What is the status of U.S. labor unions? --; title: Chapter preface -- -- 1.; title: Labor unions are in decline  -- Robert E. Baldwin -- 2.; title: Labor unions are making a comeback  -- Chris Kutalik -- 3.; title: Labor unions are corrupt and exploit workers  -- Robert Fitch -- 4.; title: Labor unions benefit all workers  -- Lawrence Mishel -- and -- Matthew Walters; title: Periodical bibliography -- -- ch. 2.; title: How have immigration and globalization affected labor unions? --; title: Chapter preface -- -- 1.; title: Chapter Labor unions and immigrant workers must support each other  -- CLR Working Group on Immigration -- 2.; title: Union support of immigration is self-defeating  -- Carl F. Horowitz -- 3.; title: Corporate off-shoring is destroying U.S. labor unions  -- Kate Bronfenbrenner -- and -- Stephanie Luce -- 4.; title: Corporate off-shoring spurs the growth of global labor movements  -- David Moberg; title: Periodical bibliography -- -- ch. 3.; title: Should Wal-Mart unionize? --; title: Chapter preface -- -- 1.; title: Wal-Mart's anti-union business model is bad for workers  -- Wake-up Wal-Mart -- 2.; title: Wal-Mart's anti-union business model is good for workers  -- Richard Vedder -- and -- Wendell Cox -- 3.; title: Wal-Mart fights dirty to keep out labor unions  -- Christopher Hayes -- 4.; title: Labor unions fight dirty to organize Wal-Mart  -- Thomas DiLorenzo; title: Periodical bibliography --; title: ch. 4.; title: What is the future of organized labor? --; title: Chapter preface -- -- 1. The; title: decline of organized labor is irreversible  -- Leo Troy -- 2.; title: Labor unions must undertake significant internal reform  -- Tim Kane -- and -- James Sherk -- 3.; title: Labor unions must partner with social movements  -- Jeremy Reiss -- 4.; title: Labor union survival depends on organizing women  -- Kate Bronfenbrenner -- 5.; title: Labor union survival depends on organizing the poor  -- Vanessa Tait -- 6.; title: Labor unions must be reinvented for the freelance workforce of the future  -- Sara Horowitz, -- Stephanie Buchanan, -- Rachel Crocker Ford, -- and -- Monica Alexandris; title: Periodical bibliography --; title: For further discussion --; title: Organizations to contact --; title: Bibliography of books --; title: Index.