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On Strike for Respect
The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, 1984-85
Toni Gilpin, Gary Isaac, Dan Letwin, and Jack McKiviganForeword by David Montgomery
Paper978-0-252-06454-8
$12.00
| Pub Date: | 1995 |
| Pages: | 96 pages |
| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 8 in. |
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.
Subjects:
Labor Studies / Women's Studies / Radical Studies
