{"product_id":"rebel-rank-and-file-labor-militancy-and-revolt-from-below-during-the-long-1970s-paperback","title":"Rebel Rank and File: Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCal Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften considered irredeemably conservative, the US working class actually has a rich history of revolt. \u003ci\u003eRebel Rank and File\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the hidden story of insurgency from below against employers and union bureaucrats in the late 1960s and 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the mid-1960s to 1981, rank-and-file workers in the United States engaged in a level of sustained militancy not seen since the Great Depression and World War II. Millions participated in one of the largest strike waves in US history. There were 5,716 stoppages in 1970 alone, involving more than 3 million workers. Contract rejections, collective insubordination, sabotage, organized slowdowns, and wildcat strikes were the order of the day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorkers targeted much of their activity at union leaders, forming caucuses to fight for more democratic and combative unions that would forcefully resist the mounting offensive from employers that appeared at the end of the postwar economic boom. It was a remarkable era in the history of US class struggle, one rich in lessons for today's labor movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e is President of Rank \u0026amp; File Enterprises, a financial and labor research firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boom and the Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMerchants and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Global Turbulence\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRebel Rank and File\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCal Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Mendocino Institute and Fellow in Environmental Politics, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRebel Rank and File\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773803430176,"sku":"9781844671748","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da92209c456b9e8f51092a187a088e30_78d81cbc-4ab5-447a-a589-770805460818.webp?v=1780433179","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rebel-rank-and-file-labor-militancy-and-revolt-from-below-during-the-long-1970s-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}