Business unionism, Samuel Gompers and AFL foreign policy -- One hundred years of reaction : from Gompers to Sweeney -- War within labor : the struggle to build international labor solidarity -- The U.S. government and labor -- Conclusions, some ramifications, and effects on sociological theory
Summary
This book examines the themes of imperialism and empire from the perspective of the foreign policy program of organized labor in the United States. It details efforts to make real popular democracy within Labor. The author calls for American workers to join the global movement for economic and social justice and to extend globalization from 'below' against the values and activities of the top-down and destructive military-corporate globalization that has been sweeping the world for years
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-186) and index
