Hard-pressed in the Heartland

Hard-pressed in the Heartland
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Publisher : South End Press
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 0896084507
ISBN-13 : 9780896084506
Rating : 4/5 (506 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Hard-pressed in the Heartland by : Peter J. Rachleff

Download or read book Hard-pressed in the Heartland written by Peter J. Rachleff and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard-Pressed in the Heartland tells the heartbreaking but empowering story of a spirited local union trying to resist management's drive for concessions--while fending off a conservative national union leadership unwilling to support its own members. Going beyond academic history, it offers useful perspectives for rebuilding a democratic, militant, community-based unionism that can succeed where today's bureaucratic unionism cannot.


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