Phil Cohen

Fighting Union Busters in a Carolina Carpet Mill

An Organizer's Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company. The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The union's only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for political bias to surmount. This memoir, infused with dry wit and insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation's union-busting epidemic, thrusting readers into the tumultuous environment of a union hall in crisis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683041
• ISBN-10: 1476683042
• Artikelnr.: 60589584

Autorenporträt

Phil Cohen emerged from a tough working class background to become one of the labor movement's most celebrated field agents responsible for landmark decisions by the National Labor Relations Board and OSHA.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Author's Note Prologue Part One. The Campaign
1.
The Committee
2.
Meeting with Witnesses
3.
Plant Tour
4.
Labor Board Investigation
5.
The Three Girls
6.
The Union Busting Lawyer
7.
Federal Agent's Grim Forecast Part Two. The Case Unfolds
8.
National Right to Work Attorneys
9.
Illegal Discharge 10.
Cartoons 11.
Labor Board Decision 12.
Becoming a Test Case 13.
Union Lawyers 14.
Preparing for Trial 15.
Injured Workers Part Three. Aftermath 16.
Compliance Period 17.
The Tornado 18.
House Calls 19.
Shop Floor Confrontation 20.
A Barrage of New Issues Index