The Assault on Labor details the 1986 Independent Federation of Flight
Attendants (IFFA) strike against Trans World Airlines (TWA), one of
the most dramatic instances of the heightened labor conflict in the
1980s. Using extensive court, union, and company documents, The
Assault on Labor shows how the expanded use of permanent replacements
in labor disputes has fundamentally altered workers’ legal right to
strike. Set within one of the biggest corporate raids of the time, it
was a strike of a predominantly female labor force that garnered
respect throughout the labor movement for its solidarity and
determination. Faced with the permanent replacement of over 5000
strikers, IFFA waged a three year struggle to return all workers to
the line, mobilizing political, economic, and legal actions to secure
their jobs and survive as a union. Despite critical successes in the
courts in the aftermath of the strike, the Supreme Court would render
a decision that further strengthened permanent replacements. Since the
1980s, labor’s major form of protest, the right to strike, has all
but disappeared.
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ISBN
9781498537711
Publisert
2017
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Lexington Books
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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