Organizing for Power: Building a 21st Century Labor Movement in Boston

by Aviva Chomsky, Steve Striffler

Boston’s economy has become defined by a disconcerting trend that has intensified throughout much of the United States since the 2008 recession. Economic growth now delivers remarkably few benefits to large sectors of the working class – a phenomenon that is particularly severe for immigrants, people of color, and women. Labor in 21 st Century Boston explores this nation-wide phenomenon of “unshared growth” by focusing on Boston, a city that is famously liberal, relatively wealthy, and increasingly difficult for working people (who service the city’s needs) to actually live in.

Labor in 21 st Century Boston is the only comprehensive analysis of labor and popular mobilizing in Boston today, the volume contributes to a growing body of academic and popular literature that examines urban America, racial and economic inequality, labor and immigration, and the right-wing assault on working people.

Genres: Labor

250 pages, Hardcover

Published July 27, 2021

About the author

Aviva Chomsky is professor of history and coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. The author of several books, Chomsky has been active in Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights issues for over twenty-five years. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Madelyn Elder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Given to me by Kelly Kupcak, Oregon Tradeswomen’s Exec Director. A reality-based look at today’s labor movements from a Boston perspective. Excellent