FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Paperback Edition. A labor lawyer critically discusses the state of modern American labor, its 'moral chaos', unions and union-bashing, the gains of workers in the 1930s and 1940s and their gradual or rapid erosion in later decades, much more, presented as a 'memoir' and set of people and events wirtnessed and experienced by the author. Softcover, 287pp., pagination shows highlighting and underlinings, pagefolds. A good reading and working copy. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

Which Side Are You On? : Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back

Publisher

Plume : Penguin Group, New York

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0452268915

ISBN 13

9780452268913

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Paperback Edition (stated).

Condition

Good-

Book Type

Book

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A lawyer working for the unions brings to life the teamsters, steelworkers, nurses, carpenters, and others who are clinging to their right to organize and fighting to preserve a way of life. Reprint.

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Thomas Geoghegan's essays and commentary have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Nation, the New Republic, the New York Times, Slate, and the Washington Post, among other publications. His other books are The Secret Lives of Citizens and In America's Court. Geoghegan is a practicing attorney in Chicago.

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