{"product_id":"unionizing-the-ivory-tower-9781501771552","title":"Unionizing the Ivory Tower","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnionizing the Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e chronicles how a thousand low-paid custodians, cooks, and gardeners succeeded in organizing a union at Cornell University.\u003c\/b\u003e Al Davidoff, the Cornell student leader who became a custodian and the union''s first president, tells the extraordinary story of these ordinary workers with passion, sensitivity, and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis memoir reveals how they took on the dominant power in the community, built a strong organization, and waged multiple strikes and campaigns for livable wages and their dignity. Their strategies and tactics were creative and feisty, founded on worker participation and ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe union''s commitment to fairness, equity, and economic justice also engaged these workersmostly rural, white, and conservativeat the intersections of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Davidoff''s story demonstrates how a fighting union can activate today''s working class to oppose antidemocratic and white supremacist forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mophead\u003cbr\u003e 2. Yes, Yes, No\u003cbr\u003e 3. Custodians—That's All You'll Ever Be\u003cbr\u003e 4. We Meet the Enemy and It Is Us\u003cbr\u003e 5. Frankie McCoy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Blackness on the Cornell Plantation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Noah's Amalgamated Ark\u003cbr\u003e 8. Figuring It Out\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee\"\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sustaining Struggle: Building the Union during the Off-Season\u003cbr\u003e 11. From Grassroots Up to Grassroots Out\u003cbr\u003e 12. In the Shadow of the Tower\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409373831511,"sku":"9781501771552","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501771552.jpg?v=1730506581","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unionizing-the-ivory-tower-9781501771552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}