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Betrayal of Local 14 Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

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ISBN-10: 0801486289

ISBN-13: 9780801486289

Edition: 1999

Authors: Julius G. Getman

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This is an account of one labour battle that sheds light on the strategic use of strikes, the effectiveness of campaigns, the battles between local unions and bureaucratic internationals, the impact on life and the current state of the labour movement.
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 9/7/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Background
The Paperworkers
Labor Relations at Androscoggin in the 1960s and 1970s: The Traditional Model
The End of the Traditional Model
The Environment Becomes an Issue
The Summer of 1987
Negotiations
The Strike Begins
Violence and the Picket Line
Failure to Expand the Pool
The Struggle for Public Opinion
Replacements, Crossovers, and Supervisors
Local 14 Changes
The Fall of 1987
Maintaining Solidarity
Using the Law
Relations between Local 14 and the International
People Grow: The Community Changes
The Winter of 1988: The Strike in High Gear
The Corporate Campaign
The Union Goes on the Attack
IP on the Defensive
The Strike Comes to an End
Bogus Negotiations
The Convention
The Decision
Post-Strike
Explaining the Defeat
The Strikers Return to the Mill
Decertification
The Struggle Ends
Impact of the Strike on the Community
Conclusion Of Loyalty and Betrayal
Notes
Note on Sources
Index