{"product_id":"labor-law-for-the-rank-filer-building-solidarity-while-staying-clear-of-the-law-paperback","title":"Labor Law for the Rank \u0026 Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStaughton Lynd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever felt your blood boil at work but lacked the tools to fight back and win? Or have you acted together with your co-workers, made progress, but wondered what to do next? If you are in a union, do you find that it operates top-down just like the boss and ignores the will of its members?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy. It demonstrates how a powerful model of organizing called \"solidarity unionism\" can help workers avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and use direct action to win. Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic social change from below, Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross deliver a practical guide for making work better while reinvigorating the labor movement. The book examines specific cases concerning fundamental labor rights and includes a section on tactics and principles of practicing solidarity unionism. Illustrative stories of workers' struggles make the legal principles come alive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has reported on the book's importance in recent and ongoing labor organizing in the tech industry--for example among employees of Google, Kickstarter, and Uber, whose union campaigns were influenced by ideas gleaned from \u003cem\u003eLabor Law for the Rank and Filer\u003c\/em\u003e. Meredith Whittaker, a former Google research scientist who was one of the organizers of the 2018 Google employee walkout, said that the book has been \"incredibly helpful in thinking through options for action, ways of building collective power, and giving workers who often aren't familiar with labor law some working knowledge that can guide decision making.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStaughton Lynd taught American history at Spelman College and Yale University. He was director of Freedom Schools in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. He has written or coedited more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eClass Conflict, Slavery, and the United States Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFrom Here to There\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Origins of American Radicalism\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWobblies and Zapatistas\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Youngstown, Ohio. \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Gross is an organizer with the Industrial Workers of the World and a cofounder of the first union in the United States at the Starbucks Coffee Co. He is also the founding director of Brandworkers International, a nonprofit organization protecting and advancing the rights of retail and food employees. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979069554989,"sku":"9781604864199","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/QWcrczFkNi9ieDJ3NFRCeU9kbnFVdz09.webp?v=1775818793","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/labor-law-for-the-rank-filer-building-solidarity-while-staying-clear-of-the-law-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}