The transformation of U.S. unions
Subtitle: voices, visions, and strategies from the grassroots
By: edited by Ray M. Tillman, Michael S. Cummings.
Contributors: Tillman, Ray M., 1956-; Cummings, Michael S., 1943-
Series: Transformations in politics and society
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: AFL-CIO -- History.; Labor unions -- United States -- Forecasting.; Labor movement -- United States -- Forecasting.; Labor union democracy -- United States -- Forecasting.; Labor unions -- United States -- Case studies.
Other titles: Transformations of US unions; Transformations of United States unions
Description: What's wrong with U.S. unions, and what could make it right? These are the questions addressed by nineteen partisans - union dissidents and noted scholars - of union democracy. Agreeing that any long-term solutions must come from the grassroots of the union movement, they argue for expansion rather than contraction, militancy rather than accommodation, and internal democracy rather than oligarchy.

To break the stranglehold of business, union, and government elites, they emphasize, ordinary workers must be energetically recruited and actively involved in the management of their unions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.