The broken table : the Detroit Newspaper Strike and the state of American labor / Chris Rhomberg.

By: Rhomberg, Chris, 1959- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2012]Copyright date: 2012Description: 1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781610447751Subject(s): Knight-Ridder (Firm) | Gannett Company | Newspaper Strike, Detroit, Michigan, 1995-2000 | Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers -- Michigan -- Detroit | Collective bargaining -- Newspapers -- Michigan -- Detroit | Newspaper employees -- Labor unions -- Michigan -- Detroit | Newspaper publishing -- Michigan -- DetroitGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Broken table : the Detroit Newspaper Strike and the state of American labor.DDC classification: 331.892/977434 LOC classification: PN4899.D53 | R46 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: Labor Day in America -- Worlds of work: economy and civil society. The industry: Gannett and Knight-Ridder -- Detroit: labor and community -- A "daily miracle": the life of the workplace -- The institutional regulation of labor. Proper channels: U.S. labor law and union-management relations -- The path to confrontation: the newspapers' joint operating agreement in Detroit -- Extraordinary measures: planning for war -- War of position: the 1995 contract negotiations -- The spaces of conflict. Worlds collide: the start of the strike -- Law and violence: permanent replacements and the control of collective action -- Theaters of engagement: state and civil society -- Waiting for justice: the return to work and the end of the strike -- Governing the workplace: American labor today. Conclusion: a signal juncture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Labor Day in America -- Worlds of work: economy and civil society. The industry: Gannett and Knight-Ridder -- Detroit: labor and community -- A "daily miracle": the life of the workplace -- The institutional regulation of labor. Proper channels: U.S. labor law and union-management relations -- The path to confrontation: the newspapers' joint operating agreement in Detroit -- Extraordinary measures: planning for war -- War of position: the 1995 contract negotiations -- The spaces of conflict. Worlds collide: the start of the strike -- Law and violence: permanent replacements and the control of collective action -- Theaters of engagement: state and civil society -- Waiting for justice: the return to work and the end of the strike -- Governing the workplace: American labor today. Conclusion: a signal juncture.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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