The New Rank and File /

The New Rank and File / / ed. by Staughton Lynd, Alice Lynd.

Much has changed for workers in the years since Staughton and Alice Lynd's classic Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers was first published in 1973. The New Rank and File presents interviews with working-class organizers of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s who face the chall...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Brophy, Jim,
Budak, Tony,
Carney, Andrea,
DiPietro, Bill,
Eisenhower, Kay,
Feldman, Rich,
Ganz, Marshall,
Giunta, Mia,
Glaberman, Martin,
Guillen, Mayra,
Hernandez, Hugo,
Keith, Margaret,
Leary, Elly,
Mann, Ed,
McCollester, Charlie,
Roman, Virginia,
Starr, Vicky,
Stevenson, Gary,
Stout, Mike,
Tambriz, Manuela Aju,
Trevathan, James,
Vallejos, Mauricio,
HerausgeberIn:
Lynd, Alice,
Lynd, Staughton,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2000
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 11 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. THE UNION'S INSPIRATION
  • "Thank you, thank you, thank you"
  • "David conquered Goliath with five smooth stones. So it was with the Farm Workers"
  • "Working-class people have a very deep culture based on solidarity and trust"
  • "The freight industry is going to be organized by members in freight"
  • "Instead of letting me go out alone, they went with me"
  • "Certain folks call me a permanent rank and filer"
  • "They're not scabs any more"
  • II. THE ASHES OF THE OLD
  • "I was devastated when the plant closed"
  • "I'm going down that hill"
  • "This society has declared war on black males"
  • "We needed something more than a labor-community-church alliance"
  • "One for one-Job security for the next generation"
  • III. ANYWHERE BENEATH THE SUN
  • "Necio para seguir adelante" (stubborn to keep moving forward)
  • "The worst that they can do is to put me in prison"
  • "We're not meant to be desk leaders"
  • "The power of the people is not just a slogan"
  • "It was a bogus election"
  • "Women would make a beginning and then their husbands could join"
  • "Your health is not for sale"
  • IV. IN OUR HANDS IS PLACED A POWER
  • "Workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them"
  • "I declined to join the staff"
  • "How do unions become concerned about the people who are outside the workplace?"
  • "Other than having a baby, it's the most optimistic thing you can do"
  • "I felt that I couldn't stand on the sideline any more"
  • INDEX

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