Labor in the Time of Trump

Et Al., Edited by Jasmine Kerrissey

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Labor in the Time of Trump critically analyzes the right-wing attack on workers and unions and offers strategies to build a working-class movement.While President Trump's election in 2016 may have been a wakeup call for labor and the Left, the underlying processes behind this shift to the right have been building for at least forty years. The contributors show that only by analyzing the vulnerabilities in the right-wing strategy can the labor movement develop an effective response.Essays in the volume examine the conservative upsurge, explore key challenges the labor movement faces today, and draw lessons from recent activist successes.Contributors: Donald Cohen, founder and executive director of In the Public Interest; Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of Solidarity Divided; Shannon Gleeson, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Sarah Jaffe, co-host of Dissent Magazine's Belabored podcast; Cedric Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Klein, Yale University; Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center; Jose La Luz, labor activist and public intellectual; Nancy MacLean, Duke University; MaryBe McMillan, President of the North Carolina state AFL-CIO; Jon Shelton, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay; Lara Skinner, The Worker Institute at Cornell University; Kyla Walters, Sonoma State University

Sujets

• USA
• Sociology
• Industrial relations
• États-Unis

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501746611
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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LABORINTHETIME OF TRUMP

LABORIN THETIME OFTRUMP

EdIted bY JàSmINe KeRRISSeY, EVe WeINbàUm, CLàRe HàmmONdS, TOm JURàVIch, àNd DàN CLàwSON

ILR PRESS AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

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First published 2019 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Kerrissey, Jasmine, 1977–editor. | MacLean, Nancy. Koch network’s long game and its import for progressive organizing. Title: Labor in the time of Trump / edited by Jasmine Kerrissey, Eve Weinbaum, Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich, and Dan Clawson. Description: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019013357 (print) | LCCN 2019017124 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501746611 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501746628 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501746598 | ISBN 9781501746598 (cloth) | ISBN 9781501746604 (pbk.) Subjects: LCSH: Labor movement—United States—History—21st century. | Labor Unions—Political activity—United States—History—21st century. | Working class—United States—History—21st century. | United States—Politics and government—2017 Classification: LCC HD6510 (ebook) | LCC HD6510 .L33 2019 (print) | DDC 322/.20973—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019013357

This book is dedicated to Dan Clawson, who never stopped laying the groundwork for the next upsurge.

Contents

Introduction Jasmine Kerrissey, Eve Weinbaum, Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich, and Dan Clawson

 Par t I THREE THEORIES ABOUT THE ATTACK ON WORKERS 1.  The Koch Network’s Long Game and Its Implications for Progressive Organizing Nancy MacLean 2.  RightWing Populism, the Corporate Attack on Working Americans, and the Labor Movement’s Response Gordon Lafer 3.  Trump, RightWing Populism, and the Future of Organized Labor Bill Fletcher Jr. and JoséAlejandro La Luz

Par t II HOW THE RIGHT WING ADVANCES ITS AGENDA 4.  Walker’s Wisconsin and the Future of the United States Jon Shelton 5.  Whose Class Is It Anyway? The “White Working Class” and the Myth of Trump Sarah Jaffe 6.  Privatization—Chipping Away at Government Donald Cohen

IIIPar t CHALLENGES AND COALITION OPPORTUNITIES 7.  Building a ProWorker, ProUnion Climate Movement Lara Skinner 8.  From Cooptation to Radical Resistance: An Examination of Organized Labor’s Response(s) to Immigrant Rights in the Era of Trump Shannon Gleeson

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9.  Trumpism, Policing, and the Problem of Surplus Population Cedric Johnson

Par t IV LABOR STRATEGIES AND RESPONSES 10.  Going South: How Southern Organizing Will Determine the Future of the Labor Movement MaryBe McMillan 11.  Between Home and State: Care Workers and Labor Strategy for the New OpenShop Era of Trumplandia Jennifer Klein 12.  Fighting and Defeating the Charter School Agenda Kyla Walters

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