The broken table : the Detroit Newspaper Strike and the state of American labor / Chris Rhomberg. [electronic resource]
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- 9781610447751 (e-book)
- 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 -- Detroit
- 331.892/977434 23
- PN4899.D53 R46 2012
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.