{"product_id":"wisconsin-uprising-9781583672815","title":"Wisconsin Uprising","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin’s\u003cbr\u003e state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected\u003cbr\u003e occupation by union members and their allies. The protests\u003cbr\u003e to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically\u003cbr\u003e unheard of in this era of declining union power. Nearly\u003cbr\u003e forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic\u003cbr\u003e crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor\u003cbr\u003e movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the\u003cbr\u003e face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening\u003cbr\u003e unemployment, and growing inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That is, until now. Under pressure from a union-busting governor\u003cbr\u003e and his supporters in the legislature, and inspired by the\u003cbr\u003e massive uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, workers in Wisconsin\u003cbr\u003e shook the nation with their colossal display of solidarity and\u003cbr\u003e outrage. Their struggle is still ongoing, but there are lessons\u003cbr\u003e to be learned from the Wisconsin revolt. This timely book\u003cbr\u003e brings together some of the best labor journalists and scholars\u003cbr\u003e in the United States, many of whom were on the ground\u003cbr\u003e at the time, to examine the causes and impact of events, and\u003cbr\u003e suggest how the labor movement might proceed in this new\u003cbr\u003e era of union militancy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael D. Yates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273428939003,"sku":"9781583672815","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2cd5b982-34fa-436f-b63f-c672389c66b5.jpg?v=1771016262","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/wisconsin-uprising-9781583672815","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}