State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence

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State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence
by Philip M. Dine
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Valuable thoughts toward a better future for "Main Street" Americans
  Dine has written a superb book, looking at a landscape of America that has far too much vanished from the sight of most Americans in recent decades. With the economic turmoil that has arisen since the book was written, the themes that Dine set forth with great insight and specificity should return front and center. True, there are difficult issues to be faced on the labor front just as on every other front. But it is time we as a country began to face squarely the imbalances which have far too much favored... more info

• state of the unions
  philip dine plunges the reader quickly into the largely one sided class war waged in this country over the past generation. While not as critical of union leaders as is Paul Buhle in Taking Care of Business Dine displays the complacency and the warts of labor leaders who made the assault on organized labor by corporate interests all the easier. Dine of course also castigates lazy and biased media persons as well as the anti labor courts and legislatures. But Dine insists correctly that labor leaders must... more info

• A must read for any labor leader, communicator, and member
  There are so few U.S. labor reporters left on the beat. Phil Dine happens to be one of the best and offers a unique insight into why labor unions are faltering and how they can hopefully change course. I would personally recommend this book to any labor leader, labor communicator, or union member who truly cares about strengthening the labor movement to improve the lives of future generations.

• Possibly the Most Important Book to America's Future
  I chanced upon this book at an airport bookstore, and after a long flight and several more hours at home with it, have put it down with an enormous sense of the righteous and epochal importance of this work. I have not trimmed my review to 1000 words because of the importance of this book, and the removal of the 1000 word limit from Amazon's current guidelines. This is IMPORTANT!
  In the introduction to the book, Congressman Gephardt laments that union membership is down to 8% from 35%, for two reasons:... more info

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