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Overview
In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company. The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The union's only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for political bias to surmount. This memoir, infused with dry wit and insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation's union-busting epidemic, thrusting readers into the tumultuous environment of a union hall in crisis.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781476683041 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
Publication date: | 09/15/2020 |
Pages: | 208 |
Sales rank: | 1,114,526 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Author's Note 1
Prologue 3
Part 1 The Campaign
1 The Committee 9
2 Meeting with Witnesses 21
3 Plant Tour 41
4 Labor Board Investigation 62
5 The Three Girls 67
6 The Union Busting Lawyer 74
7 Federal Agent's Grim Forecast 81
Part 2 The Case Unfolds
8 National Right to Work Attorneys 91
9 Illegal Discharge 102
10 Cartoons 109
11 Labor Board Decision 111
12 Becoming a Test Case 118
13 Union Lawyers 129
14 Preparing for Trial 138
15 Injured Workers 152
Part 3 Aftermath
16 Compliance Period 161
17 The Tornado 167
18 House Calls 172
19 Shop Floor Confrontation 177
20 A Barrage of New Issues 184
Index 199