The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor's Last Best Weapon

"Riveting . . . contributes wonderfully to a new and ongoing conversation about inequality, dark money, and populism in the electorate." —Mehrsa Baradaran, author of The Color of Money

When Steven Burd, CEO of the supermarket chain Safeway, cut wages and benefits, starting a five-month strike by 59,000 unionized workers, he was confident he would win. But where traditional labor action failed, a new approach was more successful. With the aid of the California Public Employees' Retirement Sy...