"Yates (associate editor of Monthly Review) has produced a readable mini-text on a timely topic--labor unions. He updates his first edition (CH, Jul'99, 36-6377) with discussions of the impact on unions of the electronic revolution, the global economy, the Bush administration, and economic troubles. He contends unions still matter because they provide higher total rewards, a democratic voice of workers, and better understanding of legal and political rights. Classic labor relations chapters cover why unions should exist; how unions form; union structures and democracy; collective bargaining strategies; politics; immigration; and discrimination concerning race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Special attention is paid to the development of the Change to Win federation and its differences with the AFL-CIO. The book also includes coverage of the United Farm Workers Union, labor history, the international labor movement, and Barack Obama's support of the Employee Free Choice Act. An appendix contains useful Internet resources about labor unions. James Bennett and Bruce Kaufman's What Do Unions Do?: A Twenty-Year Perspective (CH, Jun'07, 44-5749) provides a more academic and empirical perspective of the role of unions." (Choice) Check Our Catalog
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