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Backroom Bargaining: Racketeering and Rebellion in New York City's Labor Unions (Working Class in American History) - Tapa dura

LaTour, Jane

 
9780252049514: Backroom Bargaining: Racketeering and Rebellion in New York City's Labor Unions (Working Class in American History)
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ISBN 10: 0252049519 ISBN 13: 9780252049514
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2026

Sinopsis

Organized crime figures and their minions honeycombed unions while leadership instituted nepotism, salary padding, and other practices that undermined the well-being of the rank and file. But in New York City, groups of union members and their legal allies waged a years-long struggle against corruption and for better working conditions. Jane LaTour combines rich oral histories with research to take readers into the construction sites, power plants, and Merchant Marine ships where the dramas played out. Dissidents risked their livelihoods for a variety of reasons, from practical concerns like job security and safety to larger ideas like union democracy. LaTour examines the factors that allowed unchecked corruption and kept unions from living up to their potential. But she also tells the eyewitness stories of solidarity and worker spirit that fueled the fight to retake labor power. A rare history of union corruption, Backroom Bargaining shines a light on worker campaigns to uphold fairness and equity in the workplace.

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Jane LaTour (1946–2023) was a labor activist and writer. She is the author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City.

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252049519
ISBN 13 
9780252049514
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
296
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