Who's Got the Power

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An essential and timely guide to the changing landscape of the labor movement, from a veteran labor organizer "The best overview of the recent labor upsurge we have yet seen. This will remain a must-read as the movement advances into the future." —Erik Loomis, author of A History of America in Ten Strikes At a time of great uncertainty for American workers and their unions, Who's Got the Power? reminds us that unions are still a source of hope, taking readers on a journey through the resurgence of the American labor movement in the wake of a pandemic that changed everything. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, unions seemed to be fading into history. But the pandemic didn't just disrupt the workplace; it reignited a movement. Longtime organizer and labor historian Dave Kamper details how labor reemerged with newfound strength, as workers began to question the status quo and demand more from their employers