{"product_id":"the-union-makes-us-strong-radical-unionism-on-the-san-francisco-waterfront-paperback-9780521629683","title":"The Union Makes Us Strong; Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Paperback) 9780521629683","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Union Makes Us Strong\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRadical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book challenges the notion that American labour history is a history of defeat and accommodation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Wellman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521629683, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 August 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.525 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Wellman writes in a clear and concise style and his descriptions of the union hall meetings and workplace culture are a joy to read.  The author is sensitive to the language and physical communication among the longshoremen, and whenever possible he allows the workers to speak for themselves.  He also offers some rare and detailed insights into the present-day conflicts of the maritime industry and everyday class struggle in the workplace.\"    John F. Lyons, Science \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican labour history is typically interpreted by scholars as a history of defeat. Hidden by this conventional wisdom are a handful of militant unions that did not follow the putative Congress of Industrial Organizations trajectory. Based on three years of ethnographic research, this book examines a union that organised itself to systematically challenge management's rule on the shopfloor: San Francisco's longshore union. American unionism looks quite different than conventional wisdom suggests when everyday union practices are observed. American labour's trajectory, this book argues, is neither inevitable nor determined; militant, democratic forms of unionism are possible in the United States; and collective bargaining does not automatically eliminate contests for workplace control. The contract is a bargain that reflects and reproduces fundamental disagreement; it states how production and conflict will proceed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Notes on unpublished sources\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Labour Radicalism Revisited: 1. Unsettling old scores: labour radicalism encounters conventional wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sealing the fate of radical labour theoretically\u003cbr\u003e 3. A framework for American unionism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Local Community and 'Tumultuous' Democracy: the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront: 4. Political community on the San Francisco waterfront\u003cbr\u003e 5. The structure of participationist politics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Being political in Local 10\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Unionism, Work and Technological Change: 7. Work, knowledge and control: conventional longshoring\u003cbr\u003e 8. Work, knowledge and control: containerised longshoring\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Doing the right thing': working principles and codes of conduct\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Waging the Battle for Workplace Control on Contractual Terrain: 10. Who decides how to work?\u003cbr\u003e 11. Which side's language shall govern?\u003cbr\u003e 12. By whose principles will merit be rewarded?\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Agreeing to Disagree: Being Defensibly Disobedient: 13. Translating troubles into grievable issues\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'We essentially have no contract with you': keeping the agreement\u003cbr\u003e 15. Constructing and maintaining the appearance of co-operation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Trade union exceptionalism or prefigurative politics?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: doing field research - an ethnographic account\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129311875352,"sku":"9780521629683","price":26.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521629683i.jpg?v=1691666617","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-union-makes-us-strong-radical-unionism-on-the-san-francisco-waterfront-paperback-9780521629683","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}