Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell):My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell):My Decade Fighting for the Labor MovementIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nations largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of American private sector workers belong to a union, the lowest percentage since the beginning of the twentieth century, and public employee collective bargaining has been dealt devastating blows in Wisconsin and elsewhere. What happened? Jane

This book encourages union leaders to examine what is and aim for what could be to build a stronger

it’s the same

​The workers interviewed are:

"―from Agitate

I want to thank Ken Margolies for what he’s done in writing this book about how to manage

Illustrated

a swift moving narrative as absorbing as a novel

Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor look to the workers leading some of the toughest fights today to provide a masterclass in participatory social change

Published in 2023

from the Justice Department’s use of “red scare” tactics to break the great steel strike of 1919 to the “eclipse” of anti-Communist witch-hunter Senator Joseph McCarthy

concise messaging when creating signs for rallies

shift differentials and other hourly premium payments