{"product_id":"mutiny-in-the-mountains-west-virginia-public-workers-1969-2019-paperback","title":"Mutiny in the Mountains: West Virginia Public Workers 1969-2019 - 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\u003eGordon Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMutiny in the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1969, thousands of West Virginia state highway workers went on strike in fear that they faced impending loss of their jobs as they were excluded from civil service protection. Although the walkout coincided with one of the most severe winters to affect road conditions, the newly elected governor fired the strikers. The 1969 State Road Strike inaugurated a half decade of public sector organizing and protest that culminated in the historic public-school strikes of 2018-19 that shut down all schools across the Mountain State and inspired a wave of public education strikes in Arizona, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with the nation's first general strike in 1877, that started with railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and including the early coal strikes in 1912-13 and an armed insurrection in 1921, most treatments of the state's labor history have focused on the private sector. This is the first comprehensive history of the struggles waged by state and local government workers in West Virginia. The involvement of numerous unions and interventions of the state legislative and executive branches is traced in order to provide context for those struggles. Relying on journalistic sources, legislative enactments, court decisions, and participant interviews, \u003ci\u003eMutiny in the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e accounts the fifty-year struggle of West Virginia's public sector workers to assert power without the benefit of significant collective bargaining rights or political leverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52071176503597,"sku":"9798887441535","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mutiny-in-the-mountains-west-virginia-public-workers-1969-2019-paperback-1286881.webp?v=1780165986","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/mutiny-in-the-mountains-west-virginia-public-workers-1969-2019-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}