Title A union for Appalachian healthcare workers : the radical roots and hard fights of Local 1199 / John Hennen

Published Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations Series West Virginia and Appalachia West Virginia and Appalachia. Contents Radical elders, or a multigenerational red thread -- Busting loose at Marshall -- New boundaries for Local 1199 -- "1199 comes to Appalachia" -- Law, busting unions, building unions -- A Kentucky saga and a strike for survival -- Big win and tough losses, 1976-1980 -- Survival in the time of Reagan -- "Organize or die": an Ohio odyssey and a big fight in Fairmont -- "A howling voice in the wilderness": separation and merger Summary History at the intersection of healthcare, labor, and civil rights. The union of hospital workers usually referred to as the 1199 sits at the intersection of three of the most important topics in US history: organized labor, health care, and civil rights. John Hennen's book explores the union's history in Appalachia, a region that is generally associated with extractive industries but has seen health care grow as a share of the overall economy. With a multiracial, largely female, and notably militant membership, 1199 was at labor's vanguard in the 1970s, and Hennen traces its efforts in hospitals, nursing homes, and healthcare centers in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and Appalachian Ohio. He places these stories of mainly low-wage women workers within the framework of shake-ups in the late industrial and early postindustrial United States, relying in part on the words of Local 1199 workers and organizers themselves. Both a sophisticated account of an overlooked aspect of Appalachia's labor history and a key piece of context for Americans' current concern with the status of "essential workers," Hennen's book is a timely contribution to the fields of history and Appalachian studies and to the study of social movements Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Service Employees International Union. Local 1199 (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Service Employees International Union. Local 1199 (New York, N.Y.) fast Subject Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century Medical personnel -- Labor unions -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century Allied health personnel -- Labor unions -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century Labor movement -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions Labor movement Appalachian Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781952271250 1952271258

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