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    612-822-4611

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Why Labor Unions Matter

Why Labor Unions Matter

Lichtenstein, Nelson

Hardcover

Series: Why X Matters

LaborPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $28.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 6, 2026

ISBN10: 0300272553
ISBN13: 9780300272550
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 312
Language: English

A lively and informed argument that highlights the continuing importance of unions in both shaping the economy and inspiring social and political activism

From the coffee shop to the college quad, the trade union idea is once again alive as a new American generation discovers that working-class collective action offers a pathway to both economic security and the fulfillment of some of their most expansive aspirations. Using contemporary accounts drawn from his own interviews and reporting, Nelson Lichtenstein shows why trade unionism matters in a world where, even in West Virginia, Walmart employees far outnumber coal miners, where baristas exhibit more militancy than construction workers, and where the very definition of who is a worker and who is a boss has been legally, organizationally, and managerially transformed so as to render contemporary labor law largely ineffectual.

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