The U.S. Labor Movement in the 20th and Early 21st Century: A Critical Analysis
In: Social Movements and Transformation
1 Introduction -- References -- 2 What Happened to the U.S. Labor Movement? -- After WWII -- Labor and Politics -- Exclusive Representation and Systemic Restraints -- Solidarity and Direct Action -- Violence Against Labor -- The Cold War and Institutionalization -- References -- 3 The Early U.S. Labor Movement -- Beginning -- A House Divided -- World War and Class War -- The Rise of the CIO: Organizing the Unorganized -- One Industrial Union Grand -- No More Reds in the Union -- Red Unionism: An Autopsy -- U.S. Labor and Anticommunism -- The Graveyard of Social Movements -- References -- 4 The U.S. Labor Movement Since 1955 -- Labor and the Democrats: A Parasitic Relationship -- The AFL-CIO and the CIA -- Worker Militancy After 1955 -- Reckoning with the Past and Organizing in the Present -- References -- 5 Filling the Void: The Reactionary Response to Neoliberalism and Its Crises -- Pseudo-Populism: Exploiting Discontent -- Ethno-Nationalism: Identity Politics of the Right -- Authoritarianism/Fascism -- The Need for a New Labor Movement -- References -- 6 Rebuilding the Labor Movement and Prospects for the Future -- Putting Workers Back at the Helm -- What Will a New Labor Movement Look Like? -- New Labor, New Politics -- References -- 7 Conclusion: A World to Win -- Bibliography.