Do you appreciate your forty-hour, five-day workweek? Appreciate having
a safe working environment? Unions made this all possible in one way or
another. Unions bring value to all sectors of a society. As the champion
of people power versus corporate power, unions help to spread the
benefits of production throughout a society. Regardless of the state of
the economy, there is the timeless struggle of workers trying to gain or
retain their rights. However, a vast amount of Americans (including
union members) are unaware of the full history of unions and how they
have impacted the American workplace today. Unions For Beginners
provides an introduction to that essential history.
Written and illustrated in the user-friendly, accessible style of the
For Beginners series, Unions For Beginners presents the epic story
of the labor movement in a simple, memorable way. The role of unions in
empowering working people to rise above unfair payment and work
conditions to become full-fledged participants in the American dream
they helped to build is told in vibrant detail. Unions For Beginners
presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles
underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the
rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union
activism.
