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- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
- 28 Can Labor Law Reform Encourage Robust Economic Democracy?
- 29 Union Security for the Twenty-First Century
- 30 Union Membership and the Ghent System
- 31 Principled Hope
- 32 Politically Engaged Unionism
- 33 Union Commitment to Racial Diversity
- 34 The Economics of Minimum Wage Regulations
- 35 The Role of Labor Research and Education in the Labor Movement of the Twenty-First Century
31 - Principled Hope
Labor Law Reform from an Alt-Labor Perspective
from Part VI - Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
- 28 Can Labor Law Reform Encourage Robust Economic Democracy?
- 29 Union Security for the Twenty-First Century
- 30 Union Membership and the Ghent System
- 31 Principled Hope
- 32 Politically Engaged Unionism
- 33 Union Commitment to Racial Diversity
- 34 The Economics of Minimum Wage Regulations
- 35 The Role of Labor Research and Education in the Labor Movement of the Twenty-First Century
Summary
Labor advocates and reformers have been searching for ways to organize workers and sustain the cause of labor in these difficult neoliberal times, when unions barely represent 6 percent of the private sector workforce. They have unsuccessfully tried to reform federal labor law for decades. A sharp partisan divide, the Senate filibuster, and the President’s veto, all smother reform in the crib. But still, committed and creative advocates try to organize workers within and without the law. Activists have spearheaded “comprehensive campaigns” and fought for voluntary recognition. Others have formed now what have been termed “alt-labor” organizations, such as worker centers.
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