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Book SynopsisFewer than 12 percent of U.S. workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are falling in much of the world.
Trade Review''Stephanie Luce gives us an informed and wise assessment of the crucial role of unions in resisting the forces unleashed by neoliberal capitalism. She deals unblinkingly with the opposition that unions confront today and with their own internal weaknesses as well. Yet she concludes that rolling back an unbridled capitalism cannot be accomplished without a revived and innovative labor movement. A sobering yet refreshing antidote, and one that inspires both hope and hard work.''
Frances Fox Piven, Graduate Center, City University of New York
''Stephanie Luce's "Labor Movements" is must read book for those who are interested in workers' rights, unionization and the future of labor movements. Luce provides a critical review on neo-liberal gobalization, global financial crisis, illusion of economic growth, and assess the effect on the role of unions and workers' struggles. By debunking the myth of mobile and global capitalism, the book calls for changes on the existing system and new ways of workers' emancipation worldwide.''
Pun Ngai, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part I: Background
2. A Role for Unions?
3. Why Unions Decline: External Challenges on the Macro Level
4. Adding to Further Decline: Labor Market Changes
Part II: Union Response
5. Changing from Within
6. Union Power
7. Rebuilding the Movements
8. New Directions – Going Global
Notes
References
Index
