Real World Labor

Edited by Ben Beckett, Kari Lydersen, Robert Ovetz, Kevin Van Meter, and the Dollars & Sense Collective

Edition:

4th

Date of publication:

March 2024

Pages:

259

ISBN:

978-1-939402-85-1

Price:

$37.50

• About
• Table of Contents

• Introduction: How to Use This Book
• Chapter 1: Workers On the Move
  • Introduction
  • 1.1 Union Democracy Stands Up Barry Eidlin
  • 1.2 The Chicago Teachers’ Strike 10 Years On Eric Blanc
  • 1.3 High-Octane Organizing at Starbucks John Logan
  • 1.4 A New Sense of Possibility Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay
  • 1.5 Battling Starbucks Saurav Sarkar
  • 1.6 Worker Power at Amazon: Success Could be MESSI Rand Wilson and Peter Olney
  • 1.7 Hollywood Is on Strike Against High-Tech Exploitation Alex N. Press
• Chapter 2: Capitalism Is the Issue
  • Introduction
  • 2.1 What Is Capital? Alejandro Reuss
  • 2.2 What Are Corporations? Alejandro Reuss
  • 2.3 Power, Wages, and Inequality Arthur MacEwan
  • 2.4 Shut Up and Work!: “Free” Labor and Unequal Freedom of Expression Zoe Sherman
  • 2.5 “Equal Pay” Is Not So Equal John Miller
  • 2.6 Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristrocracy Jayati Ghosh
  • 2.7 Essential—and Expendable—Mexican Labor Mateo Crossa and James M. Cypher
  • 2.8 Management Rights, Workers Wronged Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter
• Chapter 3: What a Union Is and How to Organize One
  • Introduction
  • 3.1 What Is Labor? Alejandro Reuss
  • 3.2 What Is a Union? Kevin Van Meter
  • 3.3 Resources for Organizing Kevin Van Meter
  • 3.4 Credible Strike Threats Robert Ovetz
  • 3.5 Turning the Workers’ Movement Around Robert Ovetz
  • 3.6 Millions of Workers Want a Union Eric Dirnbach
• Chapter 4: What We Fight For
  • Introduction
  • 4.1 Bubble Breakthrough Abdul Malik
  • 4.2 Battling Business-as-Usual Unionism Brian Walsh
  • 4.3 The Fight for $20 and a Union Martin J. Bennett
  • 4.4 “Migration is a Form of Fighting Back” David Bacon
  • 4.5 Essential, but Treated as Expendable Lin Nelson
  • 4.6 Race Inequality, Class Inequality Arthur MacEwan
  • 4.7 Taylor’s Digitial Stopwatch Robert Ovetz
  • 4.8 It’s About Power, Not Income Equality Robert Ovetz
  • 4.9 What’s Behind the Teachers’ Strikes Ellen David Friedman
• Chapter 5: Visions for the Future
  • Introduction
  • 5.1 The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads Kari Lydersen
  • 5.2 Will There Be a Just Transition to Electric Vehicles? Nick French
  • 5.3 Lessons from the First Union Climate Strike in the United States Iris Altamirano, Greg Nammacher, and Priya Dalal-Whelan
  • 5.4 AI and the Future of Work Robert Ovetz
  • 5.5 We Should Demand Democratic Workplaces, but What Does That Mean? Kevin Van Meter
  • 5.6 The UAW Has Had a Big Year. They’re Preparing for an Even Bigger One Alex N. Press
• Contributors