Rank And File (Paperback)

Staughton Lynd

ISBN 10: 1608461505 / ISBN 13: 9781608461509

Published by Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. A collection of oral testimonies documenting the trials and tribulations of firebrand union organisers, from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Dozens of working-class heroes tell their stories in their own words in this long-out-of-print classic. From founding unions to responding to sexism, safety violations and fear from within the ranks, Rank and File brings to life the hidden history of firebrand union organisers - in their own words. The trials and tribulations of firebrand union organizers, from the 1930s 1970s, are brought to life here, in their own words. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rank And File (Paperback)
• Publisher: Haymarket Books, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608461505
• ISBN 13: 9781608461509
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

In this long-out-of-print oral history classic, Alice and Staughton Lynd chronicle the stories of more than two dozen working-class organizers who occupied factories, held sit-down strikes, walked out, picketed, and found other bold and innovative ways to fight for workers’ rights.

Rank and File brings the militancy of these firebrand organizers to life whether it was in founding unions, challenging sexism and racism, safety violations, and management intimidation, or working for broader social changes.

About the Authors

Alice Lynd was a draft counselor and trainer of draft counselors during the war in Vietnam. In 1968, she published We Won’t Go: Personal Accounts of War Objectors. She later became first a paralegal and then a lawyer. After retirement from practicing labor law in the wake of plant shutdowns, she became an advocate for prisoners sentenced to death and/or held for years in solitary confinement at Ohio’s supermaximum security prison.

Staughton Lynd (1929–2022) received a BA from Harvard, an MA and PhD from Columbia, and a JD from the University of Chicago. He taught American history at Spelman College in Atlanta, where one of his students was the future Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Alice Walker, and at Yale University. Staughton served as director of Freedom Schools in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 and wrote or edited numerous books.