A Collective Bargain Unions, Organizing, And The Fight For Democracy

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In A Collective Bargain, longtime labor organizer and political campaign Jane McAlevey tells stories of unions winning big. All of these victories happened in the Trump years, not in some bygone era of union strength. In each workers learned that they could exercise a power that some say is "outdated" but remains as effective now as ever: the power to withhold their labor by going on strike. The solidarity they built among themselves and with their communities in the course of these strikes also served as preparation for the political fight against the anti-worker Trump regime. Although they have not been given credit, every union chronicled in this book played a huge role in defeating Trump and saving our democratic system. The unions that are growing today are made up of mostly female workers, often women of color. They dominate the service economy as teachers, nurses, and teach and hotel workers, and they are building a vibrant new movement. A Collective Bargain explains how these unions are successfully fighting against rapacious income inequality and a power imbalance so skewed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers, who keep others alive, were literally allowed to die, while shareholders only grew wealthier in the safety of their homes. Book jacket.