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Class Acts An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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American labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key players in the trenches of a national effort to bring back the American labor movement. Brutally honest, funny, never dull, this anthropological... Read more
Preface. PART I - THE SCIENCE: WHAT WE LEARNED. Taking it on the Road. What a Union Looks Like. Being a Union Rep. The Anthropology of It. Disasters. Ritual - Here, There and Everywhere. Getting a Raise, The Boss Over a Barrel - Workers Boycott. That'll Teach You: Cognition and practice. What Does Change People's Minds. PART II - THE STORIES: WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO LEARN IT. Sifting Through the Remains. Translating Anthropology - The Proposal. Riding with Tiny. An Early-Morning Freeway Maniac. Facing the Glacier. Boredom. We Smell a Rat. The Study Explodes. Report to the Local - From the Front of the Room. Report to the Local - From the Back of the Room. The Aftermath. An Old Song. Epilogue: What Class Struggle? Appendix: Report to the Local. References.
Biography
Durrenberger, E. Paul; Erem, Suzan
