Jane F. McAlevey comes from a long lineage of union activists, having been raised in an organizing household. She dedicated the first half of her career to community and environmental justice movements before shifting her focus to the labor movement. McAlevey is skilled in power structure analysis and strategic planning, offering her expertise to a wide array of union and community organizations. Her extensive involvement in globalization and global environmental issues deeply informs her approach to her work.
From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States.
How one militant union organizer fought the bosses - and national labor leaders.
In Rules to Win By, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor draw insights from recent hard-won unionization and contract negotiation fights to provide a guidebook on participatory social change. At the heart of the book is a vision for negotiations rooted in engaging the entire union membership--as well as the broader community in which these battles are waged--directly in the strategizing and negotiation. Rules to Win By offers not only a new theory of negotiation, but also tools and resources for any campaign to harness the power of ordinary people to win the public good.
Die Autorin plädiert für die Gewerkschaften als entscheidende Kraft zur Umkehr der Reichtumsverteilung und zur Bekämpfung von Klimawandel sowie Ungerechtigkeit. Sie beschreibt historische Erfolge der Gewerkschaftsbewegung und aktuelle innovative Organizing-Methoden, die zeigen, dass Gewerkschaften weiterhin relevant sind und gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt fördern können.
Jane McAlevey greift in die Organizing-Debatte ein und plädiert für den Aufbau von Gegenmacht in den Betrieben und die Demokratisierung von Gewerkschaften.