Worker Activism After Successful Union Organizing

Shows how different levels of worker participation during a union organizing campaign influence the perceptions and actions of those same workers after the campaign ends, and, thereby, the long-term effectiveness and success of the organizing effort. Drawing on historical and current examples, the author analyzes the political and economic contexts within which today's unions are organizing, including a detailed examination of the impact of the Wagner Act. Introduction After the Organizing Ends; Chapter 1 Historical Challenges and Contemporary Innovations; Chapter 2 Participatory Democracy: Its Possibilities and Consequences; Chapter 3 Conflict and Cohesion: Worker Activism Before the Organizing Campaigns; Chapter 4 The Organizing Campaigns at Bob’s Grocery Stores and Geofelt Manufacturing; Chapter 5 Building Union Frameworks; Chapter 6 The Contract Period and Beyond: Activism and Efficacy Among Workers; concl Conclusion Organizing as Process: Is Participation the Solution?;