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The broken table

Rhomberg, Chris, 1959-

The broken table the Detroit Newspaper Strike and the state of American labor / [electronic resource] : Chris Rhomberg. - New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2012. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Labor Day in America -- Worlds of work: economy and civil society. The industry: Gannett and Knight-Ridder -- Detroit: labor and community -- A "daily miracle": the life of the workplace -- The institutional regulation of labor. Proper channels: U.S. labor law and union-management relations -- The path to confrontation: the newspapers' joint operating agreement in Detroit -- Extraordinary measures: planning for war -- War of position: the 1995 contract negotiations -- The spaces of conflict. Worlds collide: the start of the strike -- Law and violence: permanent replacements and the control of collective action -- Theaters of engagement: state and civil society -- Waiting for justice: the return to work and the end of the strike -- Governing the workplace: American labor today. Conclusion: a signal juncture.

9781610447751


Gannett Company.
Knight-Ridder (Firm)


Newspaper publishing--Michigan--Detroit.
Newspaper employees--Labor unions--Michigan--Detroit.
Collective bargaining--Newspapers--Michigan--Detroit.
Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers--Michigan--Detroit.
Newspaper Strike, Detroit, Mich., 1995-1997.


Electronic books.

PN4899.D53 / R46 2012

331.892/977434