Jane Mcalevey: 2 books
Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)
My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
In 1995, in the first contested election in the history ofthe AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation’s largest laborfederation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent ofAmerican private-sector workers belong to a union, the lowest percentage sincethe beginning...
No Shortcuts
Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC (and capitols throughout the West), where they...