On Strike for Respect

It is we who push the papers, put the paychecks in the mail;

        It is we who type the letters, mind the office without fail.

        And until we get a contract, it is we who'll shut down Yale, For the union

        makes us strong.

      (To the tune of "John Brown's Body")

      "Must reading for anyone who wants to learn what a revitalized labor

        movement would look like." -- Labor Notes

      "A textbook on solidarity unionism." -- Staughton Lynd

      "One of the very best books on labor in the 1970s and 80s."

        -- Dana Frank, University of California at Santa Cruz

      "There are very few case studies in recent labor history as readable

        and provocative as this one." -- Karen Sawislak, Stanford University

      On Strike for Respect is a lively account of the 1984-85 strike

        by clerical and technical workers at Yale University. Members of Local

        34, with a strong female majority, mobilized themselves and the public,

        breathing new life into the labor movement as they fought for and won

        substantial gains. A short update on current conditions concludes this

        volume.