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Labor rising : the past and future of working people in America
\"When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker threatened the collective bargaining rights of the state's public-sector employees in early 2011, the huge protests that erupted in response put the labor movement back on the nation's front pages. It was a fleeting reminder of a not-so-distant past when the 'labor question'--and the power of organized labor--was part and parcel of a century-long struggle for justice and equality in America. Now, on the heels of the expansive 'Occupy Wall Street' movement, the lessons of history--in seemingly short supply--are a vital handhold for the thousands of activists and citizens everywhere who sense that something has gone terribly wrong. This pithy but accessible volume provides readers with an understanding of the history that is directly relevant to the economic and political crises working people face today, and points the way to a revitalized twenty-first-century labor movement. With original contributions from leading labor historians, social critics, and activists, 'Labor Rising' makes crucial connections between the past and present, and then looks forward, asking how we might imagine a different future for all Americans\"-- Provided by publisher.
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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Daniel E. Bender is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Waterloo (Canada). Richard A. Greenwald is Assistant Professor of History at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
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Confronting Decline
In recent decades, the decline of traditional manufacturing--deindustrialization--has been one of the most significant aspects of the restructuring of the American economy. David Koistinen examines the demise of the New England textile industry from the 1920s through the 1980s to better understand the process of industrial decline.
He systematically explores three policy responses to deindustrialization, each backed by a distinct set of interest groups: cutbacks in government regulations and business taxes, demanded by existing manufacturers; federal intervention to support New England's failing textile makers, urged by organized labor; and efforts to develop new industries and employment in the region, sought by service-sector companies and others.
Confronting Decline offers an in-depth look at the process of deindustrialization over time and shows how this pattern repeats itself throughout the country and the world.
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American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935
American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents.
Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act. Unfortunately, the significant contributions of the railroad laws are, more often than not, overlooked when the NLRA or Social Security are discussed.
Offering a new perspective on labor unions in the 1920s, Huibregtse describes how the railroad unions created a model for union activism that workers' organizations followed for the next two decades.
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Why administrators should teach
Last spring, during a break at a conference for academic administrators, I sat down at a table and pulled out a stack of papers to grade. A former provost, when discussions at cabinet meetings moved away from the core mission and academics, would bring the focus back by booming, \"It's a school!\" I would think, \"Well, yes, of course it is.\" Even a small teaching load helps you gain a deeper perspective on what members of the faculty face, even mundane things like the course-management systems, book ordering, or the grade-entry process. [...]because I am a dean and have some authority, I understand the broad picture of what they bring forward, be it confusion over the curriculum, advising, or financial aid, which then informs my work as an administrator and helps me resolve complex problems. [...]teaching as an administrator is good for your institution and higher education. Richard A. Greenwald is a professor of history and dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
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Going public: why young scholars should take their ideas beyond academe
Greenwald describes why tenured professors should not have a monopoly on publicly engaged scholarship.
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Life and Labor in the New New South
This collection of essays explores the dynamic new face of Southern labor since 1950.Life and Labor in the New New South weaves together the best work of established scholars with emerging cutting-edge research on ethnicity, gender, prison labor, de-industrialization, rapidly changing demographic and employment patterns, and popular response to globalization.
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A Useful Crisis
Higher education is at a crossroads, one only heightened by the current fiscal crisis. The ground has shifted. Public institutions realize that they will never return to the days when they were \"adequately\" financed by their states or cities. Private institutions now have to convince cash-strapped students that they are worth their high tuition rates. And everyone realizes that tuition and fees cannot continue to rise.
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