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Workers of the Word Unite!: The Powell's Books Union Organizing Campaign, 1998-2001

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Ryan Wisnor

Publication year - 2000

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.15760/etd.6050

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , competition (biology) , dozen , economic history , political science , trade union , economy , advertising , public administration , history , business , economics , international trade , archaeology , ecology , arithmetic , mathematics , biology

i Dedication iv Acknowledgements v Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Landscape of Labor 22 Chapter 2: Historical Developments in the Retail Book Sector 52 Chapter 3: Booksellers and Dockworkers: Organizing the Union at Powell’s Books (September 1998 April 1999) 84 Chapter 4: “The Street Drives the Table”: Bargaining a First Contract 119 Chapter 5: “We Can Shut It Down”: May Day 2000 157 Conclusion 187 Bibliography 201

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