The Union Makes Us Strong: Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront
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The Union Makes Us Strong: Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront

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This book challenges the notion that American labor history is a history of defeated militant unionism. Focusing on the routine work practices and political culture of San Francisco's longshore union, it argues that collective bargaining does not eliminate contests over shopfloor control. The collectively bargained contract is shown to be a bargain that reflects and reprod...more
Paperback, 388 pages
Published August 28th 1997 by Cambridge University Press (first published January 27th 1995)
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