Upheaval in the quiet zone : 1199SEIU and the politics of health care unionism / Leon Fink and Brian Greenberg.

SeriesThe working class in American history
Working class in American history. ^A227744
Contents Before the union : the hospital worker as involuntary philanthropist -- Awakening at Montefiore : the hospital that refused to fight -- The brewing storm : organizing from the ground up -- The battle of '59 : anatomy of a hospital strike -- Staying alive : the search for legal recognition -- Coming of age : building an effective union in the 1960s -- Stayed on freedom : a labor crusade behind the Magnolia Curtain -- High expectations and harsh realities : confronting a changing health care system in the 1970s -- 1199 exceptionalism : taking stock of the first generation -- Union power, soul power : when the solution becomes the problem -- Picking up the pieces : 1199's recipe for revival in the Dennis Rivera era -- 1199 exceptionalism revisited : the politics of partnership -- Epilogue: SEIU health care : Rx for growth or a family feud?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-347) and index.
LCCN 2008032864
ISBN9780252076053 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0252076052 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40016457726

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