Contents

pp vii-viii

List of tables

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xv

Acknowledgments

pp xvi-xviii

PART I - ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY

pp 1-2

1 - Crisis of organized labor

pp 3-21

2 - Understanding union growth and decline

pp 22-42

PART II - DRAMA OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

pp 43-44

3 - Communities and corporate location strategies

pp 45-66

4 - Rationing jobs within the union, between communities

pp 67-88

PART III - UNION PERFORMANCE IN REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

pp 89-90

5 - Democracy in the guise of representation elections

pp 91-109

6 - Organizing strategies in the heartland and the South

pp 110-129

7 - At the margin of the rules of the game

pp 130-148

PART IV - REGULATING LOCAL LABOR–MANAGEMENT RELATIONS

pp 149-150

8 - Integrity of the National Labor Relations Board

pp 151-170

9 - Options for restructuring the US economy

pp 171-190

PART V - PROSPECTS FOR ORGANIZED LABOR

pp 191-192

10 - Republicans, Democrats, and the southern veto

pp 193-215

11 - Employment contracts without unions

pp 216-238

12 - Unions and communities unarmed

pp 239-253

Appendix 1 - Variables and data sources

pp 254-255

Appendix 2 - Cases cited

pp 256-257

Notes

pp 258-277

Bibliography

pp 278-292

Name index

pp 293-297

Subject index

pp 298-309