A New American Labor Movement

<p><b>Describes how new kinds of direct-action labor movements are emerging to reshape American labor activism in the twenty-first century.</b></p><p>The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In <i>A New American Labor Movement</i> William Scheuerman analyzes how the decline of unions and the emergence of these new direct-action movements are reshaping the American labor movement. Tens of thousands of exploited workers-from farm laborers and gig drivers to freelance artists and restaurant workers-have taken to the streets in a collective attempt to attain a living wage and decent working conditions with or without the help of unions. This new worker militancy expressed through mass demonstrations strikes sit-ins political action and similar activities has already achieved much success and offers models for workers to exercise their power in the twenty-first century. Finally Scheuerman notes many of the strategies of the new direct-action groups share features with the sectoral bargaining model that dominates the European labor movement suggesting that sectoral bargaining may become the foundation of a new American labor movement.</p>