Punching Out: Solidarity on the Factory Floor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781648411526)

In 1952 Marty Glaberman was a Detroit autoworker who had participated in wildcat strikes and UAW union policing of the workforce. After witnessing a series of workers who were promoted to steward and become ineffective negotiators, Glaberman had a realization. He had been an autoworker since before unionization in 1937 but consistently watched promoted workers turn against their own as they were promoted. Why? The question that has been asked in every coal mine, worker shop, ship in port, steel mill, and auto plant was forever: was it selfish betrayal or bureaucracy that killed any prospects of solidarity in even the most active union worker?

Author: Martin Glaberman
ISBN-10: 1648411525
ISBN-13: 9781648411526
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2022
Pages: 46
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 4.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d