Re-Union

David Madland

Description

In Re-Union, David Madland explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes for reform. Madland's multilayered analysis presents a solution-a model to replace the existing firm-based collective bargaining with a larger, industry-scale bargaining method coupled with powerful incentives for union membership.These changes would represent a remarkable shift from the norm, but would be based on lessons from other countries, US history and current policy in several cities and states. In outlining the shift, Madland details how these proposals might mend the broken economic and political systems in the United States. He also uses three examples from Britain, Canada, and Australia to explore what there is yet to learn about this new system in other developed nations. Madland's practical advice in Re-Union extends to a proposal for how to implement the changes necessary to shift the current paradigm. This powerful call to action speaks directly to the workers affected by these policies-the very people seeking to have their voices recognized in a system that attempts to silence them.

Sujets

• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• USA
• Movimiento sindical
• Industrial relations
• Political economy
• Labour economics
• Trade union
• Central
• États-Unis
• Labour

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501755392
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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REUNION

REUNION How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States

David Madland

ILR PRESS AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

Copyright © 2021 by Cornell University

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First published 2021 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Madland, David, author. Title: ReUnion : how bold labor reforms can repair, revitalize, and reunite the United States / David Madland. Description: Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020034892 (print) | LCCN 2020034893 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501755378 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501755385 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501755392 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Labor unions—United States—21st century. | Industrial relations—United States. | Labor policy—United States. Classification: LCC HD6508. M255 2021 (print) | LCC HD6508 (ebook) | DDC 331.880973—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034892 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034893

To my family

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1 The Plan 2 Unions as the Solution 3 The Contours of a Modern Labor System 4 Lessons from Canada, Britain, and Australia 5 Answering Skeptics 6 Creating the New System

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Acknowledgments

I am thankful for the help and support of the many people who made this book possible. I am particularly grateful to those who took to time to read chapters or drafts and provide valuable feedback, including Kate Andrias, Matt Dimick, Keith Ewing, Jim Stanford, Cathy Braker, Marc Jarsulic, Andy Green, Greg Kauffman, Alex Rowell, Danyelle Solomon, Sam Berger, Sara Slinn, Phillip James, Shae McCrystal, Karla Walter, Fred Wilson, Kevin Reilly, Becky Wasserman, Steve Kreisberg, and three anonymous reviewers. I appreciate the assistance Malkie Wall provided on so many facets of the book. Adam Stromme, Divya Vijay, and Nathan Smith provided additional research help. At Cornell University Press, I am grateful for the support that Fran Benson and many others demonstrated throughout this project. Researching this book, I benefited from the ability to learn from and bounce ideas off numerous people, including Christy Hoffman, Kelly Ross, Damon Silvers, David Rolf, Ben Sachs, Sharon Block, Larry Cohen, Cam Dykstra, Brad James, Gavin McGarrigle, Angelo DiCaro, Tonia Novitz, Amanda Brown, Jennifer Abru zzo, Mia Dell, Arun Ivatury, Peter Colavito, Ian Campbell, Glenn Adler, Joe Isaac, Michelle Bissett, Iain Ross, Brian Lawrence, Matt Cowgill, Mark Bray, John Howe, Amanda Mansini, Tim Lyons, Tim Lee, Trevor Clarke, Margaret McKenzie, Scott Barklamb, Cath Bowtell, Andrew Stewart, Shae McCrystal, Rae Cooper, Tony Slevin, Ray Markey, Frances Flanagan, Damian Oliver, Kristina Keneally, Wayne Swan, Gerard Hayes, Tony Shelton, Michael Kaine, Adam Serle, Geoffrey Giudice, Elsa Underhill, Julius Rowe, Nick Wilson, Dario Mujkic, Imogen Beynon, Lowell Peterson, Judy Scott, Catherine Fisk, Paul Booth, Zack Fields, Joel Rogers, Richard Freeman, Amy Sugimori, Brishen Rogers, Carmen Rojas, David Socolow, Wilma Liebman, Nicole Berner, Cheryl Feldman, Julie Su, Geoff Betts, Ann Burdick, Jeffrey Bennett, Shelia Blackburn, Uta Dirksen, Earl Mathurin, Achim Wachen dorfer, Tony Cheng, Roger Pollak, Lynn Rhinehart, Craig Becker, Bill Samuel, Carolin Vollmann, Matthew Finkin, Tom Kochan, Harold Meyerson, Andy Stern, Richard Heyman, Cynthia Estlund, Eileen Applebaum, Jennifer Gordon, Stephen Lerner, Jeffrey Vogt, Janice Fine, AiJen Poo, Katherine Stone, Lyle Scruggs, Amy Rosenthal, Tim Lyons, David Socolow, and Kathleen Thelen.

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