Backroom Bargaining: Racketeering and Rebellion in New York City's Labor Unions - Couverture souple

LaTour, Jane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252089162 ISBN 13 : 9780252089169

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2026

Synopsis

Organized crime figures and their minions honeycombed unions while leadership instituted nepotism, salary padding, and other practices that undermined the well-being of the rank and file. But in New York City, groups of union members and their legal allies waged a years-long struggle against corruption and for better working conditions. Jane LaTour combines rich oral histories with research to take readers into the construction sites, power plants, and Merchant Marine ships where the dramas played out. Dissidents risked their livelihoods for a variety of reasons, from practical concerns like job security and safety to larger ideas like union democracy. LaTour examines the factors that allowed unchecked corruption and kept unions from living up to their potential. But she also tells the eyewitness stories of solidarity and worker spirit that fueled the fight to retake labor power. A rare history of union corruption, Backroom Bargaining shines a light on worker campaigns to uphold fairness and equity in the workplace.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jane LaTour (1946–2023) was a labor activist and writer. She is the author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252089162
• ISBN 13: 9780252089169
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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