Reviving The Strike

How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America

Joe Burns

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Ig Publishing
30 June 2011

Strikes; Trade unions

Union negotiator Joe Burns draws on labour economics, history and current analysis to show how only a campaign of civil disobedience can overcome an illegitimate system of control that has been constructed over 30 years to reign in the power of workers. He challenges prevailing views within the labour movement that say that tactics such as organising workers or amending labour law can resolve the crisis of the American worker. Instead, he offers a fundamentally different solution showing how collective bargaining backed by a strike capable of inflicting economic harm.

By: Joe Burns
Imprint: Ig Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9781935439240
ISBN 10: 1935439243
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely

Joe Burns is a veteran union negotiator and labor lawyer, and a former local union president. For the past decade, he has negotiated labor contracts in the airline and health care industries. As a former local union president involved in strike solidarity, Burns supported many of the key strikes of the last several decades. He has a law degree from the New York University School of Law.

Reviews for Reviving The Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America

Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim.--In These Times An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy?--Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it!--Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor. Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim.--In These Times An effective and provocative historical approach to a complex problem: How do working Americans and their unions reverse the decline in living standards and employment security in the global economy?--Larry Cohen, International President of the Communication Workers of America American employers think that the strike is pretty much dead. On our side of the bargaining table, too many unions seem to agree. Joe Burn's new book explains why this traditional tool of worker struggle is still relevant and how it can be used effectively in the 21st century. Reviving The Strike deserves a wide labor audience. Union members should not go into bargaining without it!--Steve Early, author of The Civil Wars in US Labor.