Harvey Schwartz, Ronald E. Magden

Labor under Siege (eBook, ePUB)

Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU's Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Union Era

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Finalist in the category of Narrative Nonfiction for the 2023 IPNE Book Awards from the Independent Publishers of New England

Winner of the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award Biography/Historical

Winner of the 2023 IPPY Gold West-Pacific Best Regional Nonfiction, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Award

Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Award Silver Heroic Journeys Category, sponsored by the Nautilus Book Awards

Compelling stories and forceful voices capture a tenacious union in transition

Big Bobsix-feet-four Robert McEllrath's waterfront handlewas heralded for his powerful speaking style, charisma, unifying vision, and negotiating prowess. President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for twelve eventful years, McEllrath retired in 2018 after nearly forty years as a union officer. More than just a telling of a storied career, Labor under Siege explores how the influential union persisted in an era when the US labor movement was under attack and seemingly in retreat.

In the face of grave dangers since the 1980s, including threats from corporations, government authorities, law enforcement agents, and even other labor unions, the ILWU has persevered and retained its vibrancy. Offering insight into Big Bob's leadership and a close-up view of how decision-making and policy were carried out to ensure the union's survival, Labor under Siege shows how union officers and rank-and-file members shaped ILWU strategy and furthered the union's legacy of advocating for workers' rights, democracy, and justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295750347
• Artikelnr.: 65700910

Autorenporträt

Harvey Schwartz is curator of the Oral History Collection for the ILWU Library in San Francisco. He is the author of Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Workers' Oral History and Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU. Ronald E. Magden (19262018) is the author of several books, including A History of Seattle Waterfront Workers, 18841934 and two accounts of longshore unionism in Tacoma.