"The epic struggle and ultimate victory of the Steelworkers at Ravenswood proves that determined workers and their union can overcome the entrenched, bitter resistance of a rich, global corporate empire. Workers everywhere are indebted to Kate Bronfenbrenner and Tom Juravich for recounting this story of hope in such a compelling and human fashion." -George Becker, President, United Steelworkers of America Over the past two decades, Americans have seen their workplaces downsized and streamlined, their jobs out-sourced, sped ...
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"The epic struggle and ultimate victory of the Steelworkers at Ravenswood proves that determined workers and their union can overcome the entrenched, bitter resistance of a rich, global corporate empire. Workers everywhere are indebted to Kate Bronfenbrenner and Tom Juravich for recounting this story of hope in such a compelling and human fashion." -George Becker, President, United Steelworkers of America Over the past two decades, Americans have seen their workplaces downsized and streamlined, their jobs out-sourced, sped up, and, all too often, eliminated. Unions have seemed powerless to defend their members, with big defeats in the strikes at PATCO, Eastern Airlines, International Paper, and Hormel. Ravenswood recounts how the United Steelworkers of America, in a battle waged over an aluminum plant in West Virginia, proved that organized labor can still win-even against a company controlled by one of the world's richest and most powerful men. Fast paced and compellingly written, the book provides an insider's look at the new tactics that many hope will revitalize the struggle for workers' rights in America. On November 1, 1990, just as its contract with the United Steelworkers of America was about to expire, Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation locked out its seventeen hundred employees and hired permanent replacements. Despite deteriorating conditions that had led to five deaths in the previous year, the company had refused to discuss safety and health issues. The locked-out workers faced an industry in turmoil, a plant manager with a grudge against the union, and a business controlled by a billionaire fugitive from justice. Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner describe how victory was achieved through the commitment of the workers and their families coupled with one of the most innovative contract campaigns ever waged by an American union.
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NF in NF jacket. Neither remainder nor ex-lib. Hardcover in illustrated brown and black jacket, 8vo. xi + 245pp. Index, endnotes. b/w plates. Endorsement letter from Unied Steelworkers of America laid-in. Near Fine/VG to Near Fine. Book has light bump and mild spine slant at lower end only with no effect on tight, strong binding. Else Fine: clean, sharp and unmarked. Jacket has mild creases near upper rear hinge end, rubbing to rear panel over binding and hinge edges.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, signed and dedicated by both authors on the front flyleaf, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket proector.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Ilr Press Books. Audience: General/trade. VG+, clean pages,
