Labor’s Love Lost: War Among the Unions
May 1, 2011
Steve Early, Labor's Civil Wars (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011), 440 pages, $17.00, paperback.
�Leadership driven union density or membership driven mobilization? Labor activist and writer Steve Early chronicles the divisions that opened up in a labor movement desperate to curb decline during the first decade of the 21st century. Divisions that led to a split in the AFL-CIO and in the largest US union, SEIU. Early's detailed knowledge of the issues and players makes for a fascinating trip through labor politics, largely ignored in the mainstream media.
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