{"product_id":"future-we-need-erica-smiley-9781501764813","title":"The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta bring a novel perspective to building worker power and what labor organizing could look like in the future, suggesting ways to evolve collective bargaining to match the needs of modern people--not only changing their wages and working conditions, but being able to govern over more aspects of their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together stories of real working people, Smiley and Gupta position the struggle to build collective bargaining power as a central element in the effort to build a healthy democracy and explore both existing levers of power and new ones we must build for workers to have the ability to negotiate in today and tomorrow's contexts. \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the necessity of centralizing the fight against white supremacy and gender discrimination, while offering paths forward to harness the power of collective bargaining in every area for a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Smiley, Sarita Gupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501764810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501764813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Erica Smiley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058502693119,"sku":"9781501764813","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b7258fc-a8ca-449a-bfe6-b4436ee36a7d.jpg?v=1685052933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/future-we-need-erica-smiley-9781501764813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}