We are the union : democratic unionism and dissent at Boeing

We are the union : democratic unionism and dissent at Boeing /

Shows how ordinary workers attempted to take command of their futures by chipping away at the cosy partnership between union leadership & corporate management. Focusing on the 1995 strike at Boeing, Cloud renders a multi-layered account of the battles between company & the union & within...

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Main Author: Cloud, Dana L.
Other Authors: Thomas, R. Keith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011
Subjects:
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Boeing Aerospace Company > Management.
Labor unions > Kansas > Wichita.
Strikes and lockouts > Kansas > Wichita.
Dissenters > Kansas > Wichita.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "to get to Boeing, we first had to take on the union"
  • Business unionism and rank-and-file unionism at the turn of the millennium
  • Not a smooth flight for Boeing and the union
  • Enter the dissidents
  • The problem with "jointness"
  • The 1995 strike and the rejection of the second contract
  • "The feeble strength of one"
  • Carrying the memory of agitation : a dialogue between Keith Thomas and Dana Cloud
  • Communication and clout
  • Conclusion : the beginnings and ends of union democracy.

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