Collected for the first time, the essays that comprise Embedded With
Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class
war at home from a longtime organizer and "participatory labor
journalist." Steve Early tackles the most pressing issues facing unions
today and describes how workers have organized successfully, on the job
and in the community, in the face of employer opposition now and in the
past.
This wide-ranging collection deals with the dilemmas of union
radicalism, the obstacles to institutional change within organized
labor, and strategies for securing workers' rights in the new global
economy. It also addresses questions hotly debated among union activists
and friends of labor, including workers' rights as human rights, new
forms of worker organization such as worker centers, union democracy,
cross-border solidarity, race, gender, and ethnic divisions in the
working class, and the lessons of labor history.