{"product_id":"we-are-the-union-how-worker-to-worker-organizing-is-revitalizing-labor-and-winning-big-9780520394919","title":"We Are the Union: How Worker-To-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting account of labor's bottom-up resurgence, providing a roadmap for workers, unions, and social movements to win widely.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After decades of union decline and rising inequality, an inspiring wave of workplace organizing--from Starbucks stores to Amazon warehouses to southern auto factories--has thrust unionization into the national spotlight. By analyzing this surge and telling the stories of the courageous workers driving it forward, \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Union\u003c\/i\u003e makes a case for how to overcome business as usual in both corporate America and organized labor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eric Blanc shows that recent struggles have developed a new organizing model, \u003ci\u003eworker-to-worker unionism\u003c\/i\u003e, which builds scalable power by giving rank-and-filers an unprecedented degree of leadership. Through digital tools and ambitious campaigns, young worker leaders are turning the labor movement back into a movement--and they're winning. Rigorously researched and compellingly written, \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Union \u003c\/i\u003eillustrates how this new grassroots approach can exponentially grow the power of working people to overcome economic exploitation, racial injustice, and authoritarianism at work and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12063226\"\u003eEric Blanc\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.98w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520394919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520394917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS038010\"\u003eLabor | Unions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL013000\"\u003eLabor \u0026amp; Industrial Relations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC072000\"\u003eActivism \u0026amp; Social Justice\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Blanc\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, an organizer trainer in the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, author of \u003ci\u003eRed State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics, \u003c\/i\u003eand director of the Worker to Worker Collaborative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48450619965677,"sku":"9780520394919","price":31.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_67189a69-6394-49d0-96f1-138c8b390553.jpg?v=1753482009","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/we-are-the-union-how-worker-to-worker-organizing-is-revitalizing-labor-and-winning-big-9780520394919","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}