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katie_skean's review
Very informative and engaging! I learned a lot of valuable stuff. Loved her organizing stories
minidumpster's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.75
This is an indespendible resource for restoring hope and creating a game plan for bolstering union strength. Jane gives us the playbook and urges organizers to run with it, which is much needed in today's anti-labor political landscape.
crestun's review
medium-paced
4.0
Banger. Personable, concise, yet extremely detailed. Impressive interweaving of both anecdote and information. Made me want to fr be a union organizer
itsalexjackman's review against another edition
5.0
Everyone should read this and then we'll go fix democracy.
zzt's review
5.0
A mix of biography, helpful hints and history of the US trade union movement. Enjoyable entertaining read leaving a feeling of hope for the future
mcwyss's review
3.0
A Collective Bargain is a mixed bag of writing. On the one hand, Jane McAlevey’s tale of the Philadelphia nurses who organized valiantly against their bosses to win union recognition was inspiring and instructive. On the other hand, over half the chapters are uninteresting and uninformative. The intro and chapters 1, 3, 4, & 7 are this way. I also feel that while chapter 2, “Who Killed the Unions?”, is both interesting and informative, I would have been better off reading “Confessions of a Union Buster” and histories of neoliberalism. She also makes little mention of the tactics used to crush the labor movement in the first two decades of the 20th century, as documented in the excellent “The Fall of The House of Labor” by David Montgomery. Overall, “A Collective Bargain” left me unsatisfied.
jollene07's review
5.0
This is an excellent unionist handbook to follow if you’re looking to:
1) Form a union (chapter on Philly nurses) and looking at the mechanics of a union drive, how to navigate highly-funded anti-union consulting firms trying to break worker solidarity
2) Transform a union you’re currently in (chapter on LA teachers)
3) Understand US labor history within an economic development framework and the laws that have purposefully been implemented to stop union growth
4) Understand the organizing model and the supermajority strike
As a union organizer of 16 years in healthcare and in education, I would recommend this book if you’re looking to learn more about any of the above. We can win.
1) Form a union (chapter on Philly nurses) and looking at the mechanics of a union drive, how to navigate highly-funded anti-union consulting firms trying to break worker solidarity
2) Transform a union you’re currently in (chapter on LA teachers)
3) Understand US labor history within an economic development framework and the laws that have purposefully been implemented to stop union growth
4) Understand the organizing model and the supermajority strike
As a union organizer of 16 years in healthcare and in education, I would recommend this book if you’re looking to learn more about any of the above. We can win.