orcabooksoly's review
informative
What can and can't you do in a US labor union? How do you stay safe from the law, from your boss, and even from the union? A must-read for every member of a union in the US.
haagen_daz's review
4.0
I'm totally new to this "Labor Law" thing and picked this up because someone sent me an email about it. Things I learned:
- individual workers need to be protected from unions as well as their employers; though on balance unions are probably more interested in the workers' benefit than their employers are
- collective action need not be through a formal union
- there's a lot of trickiness around what's legal to do and what's not - doubly so if you're part of a formal union
Things I need to think about:
- this seems very geared at traditional 'working stiffs.' How does this apply in a tech industry context?
- individual workers need to be protected from unions as well as their employers; though on balance unions are probably more interested in the workers' benefit than their employers are
- collective action need not be through a formal union
- there's a lot of trickiness around what's legal to do and what's not - doubly so if you're part of a formal union
Things I need to think about:
- this seems very geared at traditional 'working stiffs.' How does this apply in a tech industry context?
marc_lucke's review against another edition
3.0
This is probably a tremendous resource for American union organizers and labour activists (although I suppose they'd spell it "labor"). As a Canadian, I found it of marginal utility, although the historical footnotes and examples of case law were interesting.
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