Unions and class transformation : the case of the Broadway musicians -- The Broadway musicians : a case study -- Subjects of concern for Broadway musicians -- Class transformation -- Post class transformation : applications on Broadway and beyond.

How can unions move from a defensive strategy to one of class transformation? Mulder demonstrates how the current union strategies of class blindness lead to weak and often unintended results. Unions, she argues, do not use their collective power for class transformation and union commentators/critics do not theorize about unions as possible agents for such class transformations. Using the case study of the Broadway musicians’ union, Mulder shows how unions can facilitate a class transformation that increases workers’ control over their working conditions and enables them to make the changes needed to improve their lives. This innovative and needed study will be of interest to labor economists, scholars of class and labor, and those interested in the plight of unions and the potential they still hold for social and economic transformations.

Primarily investigates how important the 1995 change in the leadership of the AFL-CIO, the US federation of labor unions, may turn out to be for the course of the labor movement. The 14 essays advocate a socially conscious grassroots democracy as the crux of union reform and resurgence. Labor activists, scholars, and journalists consider such topics as rank-and-file organizers, reform in the Teamsters and United Auto Workers, Justice for Janitors, and cross border alliances. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Women now comprise the majority of the working class. Yet this fundamental transformation has gone largely unnoticed. This book is about how the sex of workers matters in understanding the jobs they do, the problems they face at work, and the new labor movements they are creating in the United States and globally. In The Sex of Class, twenty prominent scholars, labor leaders, and policy analysts look at the implication of this "sexual revolution" for labor policy and practice. In clear, crisp prose, The Sex of Class introduces readers to some of the most vibrant and forward-thinking social movements of our era: the clerical worker protests of the 1970s; the emergence of gay rights on the auto shop floor; the upsurge of union organizing in service jobs; worker centers and community unions of immigrant women; successful campaigns for paid family leave and work redesign; and innovative labor NGOs, cross-border alliances, and global labor federations. The Sex of Class reveals the animating ideas and the innovative strategies put into practice by the female leaders of the twenty-first-century social justice movement. The contributors to this book offer new ideas for how government can help reduce class and sex inequalities; they assess the status of women and sexual minorities within the traditional labor movement; and they provide inspiring case studies of how women workers and their allies are inventing new forms of worker representation and power.

Primarily investigates how important the 1995 change in the leadership of the AFL-CIO, the US federation of labor unions, may turn out to be for the course of the labor movement. The 14 essays advocate a socially conscious grassroots democracy as the crux of union reform and resurgence. Labor activists, scholars, and journalists consider such topics as rank-and-file organizers, reform in the Teamsters and United Auto Workers, Justice for Janitors, and cross border alliances. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR