TY - GEN T1 - Wisconsin uprising : labor fights back A2 - Yates, Michael D., 1946- A2 - McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952- LA - English PP - New York PB - Monthly Review Press YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn781831175 AB - In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members and their allies. The protests to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically unheard of in this era of declining union power. Nearly forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening unemployment, and growing inequality. That is, until now. OP - 304 CN - HD8072.5 .W57 2012 SN - 1583672826 SN - 9781583672822 SN - 1583672834 SN - 9781583672839 SN - 9781583672808 SN - 158367280X SN - 9781583672815 SN - 1583672818 KW - Labor movement : Wisconsin : History : 21st century. KW - Labor unions : Wisconsin : History : 21st century. KW - Working class : United States : Social conditions. KW - Mouvement ouvrier : Wisconsin : Histoire : 21e siècle. KW - Syndicats : Wisconsin : Histoire : 21e siècle. KW - Travailleurs : États-Unis : Conditions sociales. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Labor. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Labor & Industrial Relations. KW - Labor movement KW - Labor unions KW - Working class : Social conditions KW - United States KW - Wisconsin KW - 2000-2099 KW - History ER -