Author

Publication

2005-03-30 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

46,000 words, Guess

Page Count

184 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004024022
  • LibraryThing1021555

Classifications

  • LCCHD8066.B75 2005

Description

Explores recent developments affecting American workers in light of labor's past. Of special concern is the erosion of the rights of workers under the modern labor law, which Brody argues is rooted in the original formulation of the Wagner Act. Brody explains how the ideals of free labor, free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of contract have been interpreted and canonized in ways that unfailingly reduce the capacity for workers' collective action while silently removing impediments to employers coercion of workers. He combines legal and labor history to reveal how laws designed to undergird workers' rights now essentially hamstring them. [Publisher web site].

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Other Editions

  • Labor EmbattledHardcoverUniversity of Illinois Press2005-03-30

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