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John Womack Jr. is the Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, emeritus, at Harvard University. He served as chairman of the Department of History, 1982-85, and acting chairman, 1991-92. Born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma, he first joined a union, the International Laborers and Hod Carriers, while in high school, earning a union wage in summer construction work. He held his card until he graduated from college and went to work at The Louisville Times--then into graduate studies and later into academic work.

Peter Olney is a retired Director of Organizing for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). He was Associate Director of the University of California's Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE). Olney holds a Master's in Business Administration from UCLA. He resides in San Francisco, California. Olney teaches building trades union organizers as a member of the faculty of the Building Trades Academy at Michigan State University. Olney is an editor of The Stansbury Forum (stansburyforum.com).

Glenn Perusek conducts strategic research for organizing and contract campaigns and is a member of the faculty of the Building Trades Academy at Michigan State University. He directed the Center for Strategic Research at the national AFL-CIO; worked in strategic research and campaigns at the IBEW and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. His work includes Tragedy and Necessity: From Sarajevo to the Berlin Wall; Shifting Terrain; Depth of Field; and Trade Union Politics: American Unions and Economic Change. Glenn earned a BA summa cum laude from Kent State University, where he was Mona Fletcher Award winner. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he was Merriam Fellow and winner of the Baker Prize, a research competition in the social sciences. Glenn was a journeyman member of the Chicago Typographical Union.