A review by mothgoth
No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey

4.0

I read this with a reading group formed by some members of my union! So that was pretty cool. A lot of this book was a little repetitive and sometimes dry, but made some really good points and arguments. Workers need to understand our power and form solidarity amongst ourselves, and there were some great examples of workers doing just that. Employers have a lot of interest in anti-union propaganda and trying to get us to trust in elites and not understand our own capabilities. This book expressed how through union and community building we can combat that for better wages, benefits and safer work. Unions aren't perfect and neither is union leadership, but it's something that can always be improved on.