THE CIVIL WARS IN U.S. LABOR: BIRTH OF A NEW WORKERS’ MOVEMENT OR DEATH THROES OF THE OLD?

Book ID/图书代码： 11650011B46613

English Summary/英文概要： Between 2008 and 2010, the progressive wing of the U.S. labor movement tore itself apart in a series of internecine struggles. More than $140 million was expended, by all sides, on organizing conflicts that tarnished union reputations and undermined the campaign for real health care and labor law reform. Campus and community allies, along with many rank-and-file union members, were left angered and dismayed.
In this incisive new book, labor journalist Steve Early draws on scores of interviews and on his own union organizing experience to explain why and how these labor civil wars occurred. He examines the bitter disputes about union structure, membership rights, organizing strategy, and contract standards that enveloped SEIU, UNITE HERE, the California Nurses Association, and independent organizations like the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico and the new National Union of Healthcare Workers in California. Along the way, we meet rank-and-file activists, local union officers, national leaders, and concerned friends of labor who were drawn into the fray.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2008年到2010年間，美國勞工運動激進派在一系列內訌事件中解體。為了打擊有損聯盟聲譽、暗中破壞衛生保健運動和勞工法改革的內部鬥爭，1.4億多美元揮霍一空。對此，廣大學生，社區居民以及眾多聯盟大眾感到極度憤慨和失望。
在這本獨到精闢的新書中，勞工記者Steve Early一方面引用大量採訪報導，另一方面借鑒其所在聯盟的管理經驗，進而解釋了工人階級間產生內訌的原因以及它們是以何種方式運行的。Steve解釋就聯盟結構、成員權利，組織策略以及合同標準而發起的激烈爭論。這些論點涉及的組織包括國際服務行業工會（SEIU）, 全國衣聯會（UNITE HERE）和加州護士協會（ California Nurses Association），以及一些獨立組織，例如Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico和加州醫療保健工作者總工會。採訪途中，我們看到來自普通大眾的激進分子，當地聯盟官員，國家領導，以及關心工人階級因而加入鬥爭的朋友們。（from XMM）

Awards/获奖情况：“Steve Early’s account of recent troubles within and between progressive unions is an engaging and original work. Early is the most tenacious, free-thinking journalist covering labor today, respected by friend and foe alike. Civil Wars is essential to understanding how union centralization and top-down control have failed as a strategy for revitalizing the labor movement.”---Immanuel Ness, professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, editor of WorkingUSA and author of Immigrants, Unions and the New U.S. Labor Movement

“Civil Wars in U.S. Labor is a passionate, thoroughly researched indictment of recent misdeeds by one of America’s largest and most important unions, the Service Employees International Union. It’s also a cri de coeur for union democracy, not just in principle or as a fine sentiment, but in highly practical ways that are illustrated throughout this rigorously argued book. Anyone who cares about the future of American labor should read (and study) this 21st-century J’accuse!”---Jack Metzgar, professor emeritus, Roosevelt University and author of Striking Steel

“Steve Early is not just another scholar situated outside the labor movement. For more than thirty years, he helped do the hard work of organizing and collective bargaining. Civil Wars demonstrates that there is no one with a better understanding of contemporary union problems. When he warns about the dangers of undemocratic practices, sweetheart deals with employers, and over reliance on the Democratic Party, we had better listen.”---Michael Yates, associate editor of Monthly Review and author of Why Unions Matter

“Steve Early’s book describes the kind of anti-union campaigning by management that makes passage of the Employee Free Choice Act so necessary. Early’s account of how and why labor law reform has been stalled for the third time in the last 32 years should be required reading for all workers’ rights advocates. As the author notes, collective bargaining faces private sector extinction. To protect the right to organize, we still need changes in the Wagner Act itself - not just better appointments to the NLRB.”---Bernie Sanders, United States Senator

About the Author/作者介绍： Steve Early27年來一直為美國通訊業工人組織工作，曾出版過Embedded With Organized Labor（該書2009年由Monthly Review出版社發行出版）。此外，他還是一名廣泛發表作品的自由撰稿人。

Steve Early worked as a national staff member of the Communications Workers of America for 27 years. He is the author of Embedded With Organized Labor (Monthly Review Press, 2009) and a widely-published free-lance writer..

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