Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252076053)

This expanded second edition of Upheaval in the Quiet Zone updates the dramatic story of an insurgent labor union that by the end of the 1980s had established itself as a vital force in the modern labor movement. But even bigger changes were on the way. Overcoming internal divisions that originated in its 1930s-inflected and civil rights-era militancy, 1199SEIU adopted a new strategy of labor-management cooperation to emerge as a key player in state and city politics. When SEIU president Andrew Stern laid plans in 2006 for a new national health care workers union that would simultaneously reach out to the unorganized and campaign for universal, national health insurance, he turned to 1199 president Dennis Rivera--and the 1199 political model--to lead the effort. With new material that updates the union's history since the 1990s, this book conveys the promise and problems of movement-building in the twenty-first century health care industry.

Author: Leon Fink,Brian Greenberg
ISBN-10: 0252076052
ISBN-13: 9780252076053
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2009
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2009