On Strike for Respect: The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, 1984-85 - Softcover

Gilpin, Toni; Isaac, Gary; Letwin, Dan; McKivigan, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252064542 ISBN 13: 9780252064548

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1994

Synopsis

It is we who push the papers, put the paychecks in the mail;
        It is we who type the letters, mind the office without fail.
        And until we get a contract, it is we who'll shut down Yale, For the union
        makes us strong.
      (To the tune of "John Brown's Body")
      "Must reading for anyone who wants to learn what a revitalized labor
        movement would look like." -- Labor Notes
      "A textbook on solidarity unionism." -- Staughton Lynd
      "One of the very best books on labor in the 1970s and 80s."
        -- Dana Frank, University of California at Santa Cruz
      "There are very few case studies in recent labor history as readable
        and provocative as this one." -- Karen Sawislak, Stanford University
      On Strike for Respect is a lively account of the 1984-85 strike
        by clerical and technical workers at Yale University. Members of Local
        34, with a strong female majority, mobilized themselves and the public,
        breathing new life into the labor movement as they fought for and won
        substantial gains. A short update on current conditions concludes this
        volume.

About this title

From the Back Cover

On Strike for Respect is a lively, readable account of the lengthy 1984-85 strike by clerical and technical workers at Yale University. Members of Local 34, with a strong female majority, mobilized themselves and the public, breathing new life into the labor movement as they fought for and won substantial gains. A short update on current conditions concludes this volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252064542
• ISBN 13: 9780252064548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96