David Cogswell - For Beginners: Unions for Beginners in PDF, DOC, EPUB
9781934389775 1934389773 Do you appreciate your forty-hour, five-day workweek? Appreciate having a safe working environment? Unions made this all possible in one way or another. Unions bring value to all sectors of a society. As the champion of people power versus corporate power, unions help to spread the benefits of production throughout a society. Regardless of the state of the economy, there is the timeless struggle of workers trying to gain or retain their rights. However, a vast amount of Americans (including union members) are unaware of the full history of unions and how they have impacted the American workplace today. "Unions For Beginners" provides an introduction to that essential history.Written and illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the "For Beginners" series, "Unions For Beginners" presents the epic story of the labor movement in a simple, memorable way. The role of unions in empowering working people to rise above unfair payment and work conditions to become full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build is told in vibrant detail. "Unions For Beginners" presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism., It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It is a time when millions of members of the middle class are falling through the cracks in a downward economic trend that parallels the decline of unions. It is this time when people are turning again to the history of unions. Unions For Beginnersprovides an introduction to that essential history. Written and profusely illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the For Beginners series, Unions For Beginnerslays down a simple presentation of the colorful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build. Unions For Beginners presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism., Written and profusely illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the For Beginners series, this lays down a simple presentation of the colourful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the dream they helped to build. It presents the history of unions and the labour movement, the principles underlying union organising, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism.
9781934389775 1934389773 Do you appreciate your forty-hour, five-day workweek? Appreciate having a safe working environment? Unions made this all possible in one way or another. Unions bring value to all sectors of a society. As the champion of people power versus corporate power, unions help to spread the benefits of production throughout a society. Regardless of the state of the economy, there is the timeless struggle of workers trying to gain or retain their rights. However, a vast amount of Americans (including union members) are unaware of the full history of unions and how they have impacted the American workplace today. "Unions For Beginners" provides an introduction to that essential history.Written and illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the "For Beginners" series, "Unions For Beginners" presents the epic story of the labor movement in a simple, memorable way. The role of unions in empowering working people to rise above unfair payment and work conditions to become full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build is told in vibrant detail. "Unions For Beginners" presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism., It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It is a time when millions of members of the middle class are falling through the cracks in a downward economic trend that parallels the decline of unions. It is this time when people are turning again to the history of unions. Unions For Beginnersprovides an introduction to that essential history. Written and profusely illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the For Beginners series, Unions For Beginnerslays down a simple presentation of the colorful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build. Unions For Beginners presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism., Written and profusely illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the For Beginners series, this lays down a simple presentation of the colourful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the dream they helped to build. It presents the history of unions and the labour movement, the principles underlying union organising, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism.