{"product_id":"new-forms-of-worker-organization-the-syndicalist-and-autonomist-restoration-of-class-struggle-unionism-paperback","title":"New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImmanuel Ness\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStaughton Lynd\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBureaucratic labor unions are under assault. Most unions have surrendered the achievements of the mid-twentieth century, when the working class was a militant force for change throughout the world. Now trade unions seem incapable of defending, let alone advancing, workers' interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs unions implode and weaken, workers are independently forming their own unions, drawing on the tradition of syndicalism and autonomism--a resurgence of self-directed action that augurs a new period of class struggle throughout the world. In Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe, workers are rejecting leaders and forming authentic class-struggle unions rooted in sabotage, direct action, and striking to achieve concrete gains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to compile workers' struggles on a global basis, examining the formation and expansion of radical unions in the Global South and Global North. The tangible evidence marshaled in this book serves as a handbook for understanding the formidable obstacles and concrete opportunities for workers challenging neoliberal capitalism, even as the unions of the old decline and disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Au Loong-Yu, Bai Ruixue, Shawn Hattingh, Piotr Bizyukov, Irina Olimpieva, Genese M. Sodikoff, Aviva Chomsky, Dario Bursztyn, Gabriel Kuhn, Erik Forman, Steven Manicastri, Arup Kumar Sen, Verity Burgmann, Ray Jureidini, Meredith Burgmann, and Jack Kirkpatrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImmanuel Ness\u003c\/b\u003e is a political economist who specializes in labor unions and a professor of political science at City University of New York. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society\u003c\/i\u003e and author of numerous works including \u003ci\u003eGuest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a worker and union organizer in the food, maintenance, and publishing industries. He lives in New York City. \u003cb\u003eStaughton Lynd\u003c\/b\u003e taught American history at Spelman College and Yale University. He was director of Freedom Schools in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. He is the author or coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Here to There\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLabor Law for the Rank \u0026amp; Filer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucasville\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSolidarity Unionism at Starbucks\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWobblies \u0026amp; Zapatistas. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Youngstown, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770838581536,"sku":"9781604869569","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb3a4eed6ceb86ac43c365091f32d087.webp?v=1780379186","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/new-forms-of-worker-organization-the-syndicalist-and-autonomist-restoration-of-class-struggle-unionism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}