A New Labor Movement for the New Century

Part 1 Democracy, Ideology, and Change; Chapter 1 Creating Democratic Communities in the Workplace, Elaine Bernard; Chapter 2 Whose Democracy? Organized Labor and Member Control, Bill Fletcher, Jr.; Chapter 3 A “New Labor Movement” in the Shell of the Old?*.This article is a substantial revision of an essay that appeared in the Labor Research Review 24 (Summer 1996)., Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello; Chapter 4 What Does Labor Stand For?, Gregory Mantsios; Part 2 Organizing the Unorganized; Chapter 5 Taking the Offensive, Turning the Tide, Stephen Lerner; Chapter 6 Membership-Based Organizing, Steve Early; Chapter 7 Successful Organizing at the Local Level: The Experience of AFSCME District Council 1707, Josephine LeBeau, Kevin Lynch; Chapter 8 Moving Innovation from the Margins to the Center, Janice Fine; Part 3 Diversity and Inclusion; Chapter 9 Women Workers: Strategies for Inclusion and Rebuilding Unionism, Ruth Needleman; Chapter 10 Getting Serious About Inclusion: A Comprehensive Approach, José La Luz, Paula Finn; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Diversity and Inclusion in the AFL-CIO, May Chen, Kent Wong; Chapter 12 Transforming Unions and Building a Movement, Larry Adams; Part 4 Part ies and Politics; Chapter 13 Blocking Bridges: Class-Based Politics and the Labor Movement, Patricia Lippold, Bob Kirkman; Chapter 14 Labor's Role in the Political Arena, Dennis Rivera; Chapter 15 Building a Part y of Our Own, Tony Mazzocchi; Chapter 16 The Politics of Leadership: The Role of Unions in Developing Policy Initiatives, Arthur Cheliotes; Part 5 International Affairs; Chapter 17 Developing and Enforcing International Labor Standards, Barbara Shailor, George Kourpias; Chapter 18 New Voice, New Internationalism, Andy Banks; Chapter 19 International Labor Solidarity in an Era of Global Competition, Héctor J. Figueroa; Chapter 20 Building a Member-Based International Program, Ron Blackwell;

Biography

Gregory Mantsios

"For students of American unionism, A New Labor Movement for the New Century is an excellent source capturing progressive sentiment at a critical moment in organized labor's history." -- Labor History