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Labor History Symposium: Gerald Friedman, Reigniting The Labor Movement, Craig Phelan, Frances Fox Piven, Catherine Collomp, Guy Groux, Michael Hanagan, Gerald Friedman

Economics Department Faculty Publications Series

When trade union growth worldwide came to a halt in the 1980s, a wide body of literature appeared on the causes of trade union decline. Since that time an even more substantial number of books and articles have been penned on the possibility of trade union revitalization: which combination of factors might lead to resurgence; what organizational forms are best suited to the new political and economic landscape; which goals, strategies and tactics are most likely to spark a reversal of trade unionism’s fortunes. Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and the US editor of this …