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America Needs a Raise: Fighting for Economic Security and Social Justice Hardcover – January 1, 1996

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  1. Print length
    167 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin (T)
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1996
  5. ISBN-10
    0395823005
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0395823002
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John J. Sweeney, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., makes a rallying cry for Americans to stop the thievery of corporations by joining unions. Wages, he argues, are shrinking due to inflation and as more and more corporations downsize, their profits, stock prices and salaries for principals shoot through the roof. Drawing on his experiences as a young boy attending labor union meetings with his bus driving father, Sweeney believes that a return to unions will give workers the support they need to negotiate higher wages, restore an economic balance, and revive a sense of community and cooperation that America has been sorely lacking.

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In a ringing manifesto, Sweeney, the new president of the AFL-CIO, argues that a rebuilt, revitalized U.S. labor movement could serve as the core of a larger progressive effort to redirect politics toward the basic issues facing us all: jobs, wages, pensions, health care, education and retraining. Americans, he contends, are working longer hours yet plunging deeper into debt because they no longer share in the gains of their growing productivity?a 24% jump since 1979. He also blames corporate "downsizing," massive firings that have replaced millions of secure, well-paying, often union jobs with lower-paid or temporary labor. Sweeney sets forth a broad strategy: organize workers and win wage increases in entire industries. His clearly written, pithy book would have benefited from additional, specific proposals for both union and nonunion workers.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin (T) (January 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 167 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395823005
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395823002
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds

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