Homestead Steel Mill - The Final Ten Years : USWA Local 1937 and the Fight for Union Democracy

Mike Stout

ISBN 10: 1629637912 / ISBN 13: 9781629637914

Edité par PM Press Jun 2020, 2020

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Neuware - Spanning the famous Homestead steel strike of 1892 through the century-long fight for a union and union democracy, Homestead Steel Mill the Final Ten Years is a case history on the vitality of organized labor. Written by fellow worker and musician Mike Stout, the book is an insider s portrait of the union at the U.S. Steel s Homestead Works, specifically the workers, activists, and insurgents that made up the radically democratic Rank and File Caucus from 1977 to 1987. Developing its own "inside-outside" approach to unionism, the Rank and File Caucus drastically expanded their sphere of influence so that, in addition to fighting for their own rights as workers, they fought to prevent the closures of other steel plants, opposed U.S. imperialism in Central America, fought for civil rights, and built strategic coalitions with local environmental groups.Mike Stout skillfully chronicles his experience in the takeover and restructuring of the union s grievance procedure at Homestead by regular workers and put at the service of its thousands of members. Stout writes with raw honesty and pulls no punches when recounting the many foibles and setbacks he experienced along the way. The Rank and File Caucus was a profound experiment in democracy that was aided by the 1397 Rank and File newspaper an ultimate expression of truth, democracy, and free speech that guaranteed every union member a valuable voice.Profusely illustrated with dozens of photographs, Homestead Steel Mill the Final Ten Years is labor history at its best, providing a vivid account of how ordinary workers can radicalize their unions.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9781629637914

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Homestead Steel Mill - The Final Ten Years : USWA Local 1937 and the Fight for Union Democracy
• Éditeur: PM Press Jun 2020
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1629637912
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781629637914
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 153 H x 26 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 26 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 400 grammes

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Synopsis

A case history of the vitality of organised labour in the twentieth century, this is an insider's portrait of the union at the U.S. Steel's Homestead works. Its workers, activists and insurgents made up the the radically democratic Rank and File Caucus from 1977 to 1987. Developing its own 'inside-outside' approach to unionism, the Rank and File Caucus dreastically expanded their sphere fo influence to fight for their own rights as workers and to help stop the closures of other steel plants, oppose the US imperialism in central america, fight for civil rights, and build strategic coalitions with local environmental groups. Mike Stout skillfully chronicles his experience in the takeover and restructuring of the unions grievance procedure at Homestead by regular workers and put at the service of its thousands of members. Stout pulls no punches when recounting the many foibles and setbacks he experienced along the way. Profusely illustrated with dozens of photographs, Homestead Steel Mill - The Final Ten YEars is labour history at its very best. Mike Stout has provided a vivid account of how ordinary workers can radicalise their unions. This book will serve as a timeless tool for future generations of working people as well as those concerned with social justice and truly democratic values.

À propos des auteurs

For more than fifty years, Mike Stout has been an antiwar, union, and community organizer, as well as the last Local 1397 Union Grievance Chair at the U.S. Steel Homestead Works. He is currently president of the Allegheny Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, the oldest environmental conservation organization in the United States. Stout is also a singer-songwriter and recording artist, with eighteen albums and more than 150 songs written and recorded, who has used his music to raise tens of thousands of dollars for a host of social and economic justice causes.

JoAnn Wypijewski is a writer and editor based in New York. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, including CounterPunch, where she writes a monthly column, "Diamonds and Rust." Her latest book, with Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, is Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.

Staughton Lynd received a BA from Harvard, an MA and PhD from Columbia, and a JD from the University of Chicago. He taught American history at Spelman College in Atlanta. He is a lifelong union and peace activist and the author of many books, including Solidarity Unionism and Wobblies & Zapatistas.