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Which Side are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back Paperback – 28 September 2004
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When it first appeared in hardcover, Which Side Are You On? received widespread critical accolades, and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. In this new paperback edition, Thomas Geoghegan has updated his eloquent plea for the relevance of organized labor in America with an afterword covering the labor movement through the 1990s. A funny, sharp, unsentimental career memoir, Which Side Are You On? pairs a compelling history of the rise and near-fall of labor in the United States with an idealist's disgruntled exercise in self-evaluation. Writing with the honesty of an embattled veteran still hoping for the best, Geoghegan offers an entertaining, accessible, and literary introduction to the labor movement, as well as an indispensable touchstone for anyone whose hopes have run up against the unaccommodating facts on the ground. Wry and inspiring, Which Side Are You On? is the ideal book for anyone who has ever woken up and realized, "You must change your life."
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date28 September 2004
- ISBN-101565848861
- ISBN-13978-1565848863
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Imagine a Scott Fitzgerald who cares about Studs Lonigans; that's Geoghegan.
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1565848861
- ISBN-13 : 978-1565848863
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TangleJones
5.0 out of 5 stars
Informative and entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on 8 November 2011Verified Purchase
I just finished this book and really enjoyed it. I am a law student who is very interested in labor law and this book provided me with a good overview of labor history and a realistic perspective on the fight that labor faces going forward. It also does all of that in an entertaining way. The author is very honest, which of course is necessary if a book is going to hold anyone's attention. The book is not a "rah rah labor" book. The author is not shy about showing how labor is sometimes its own worst enemy and the outlook isn't exactly bright. But, like MLK said, the truth shall set you free and anything worth having is worth fighting for. Read this book and get the scoop on labor in America.
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steve lubick
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Yet Depressing Read
Reviewed in the United States on 4 October 2011Verified Purchase
As other reviewers have noted, this is easily the most comprehensive and insightful contemporary book on the state of organized labor in the US. Geoghegan is a master of prose and a brilliant story teller, guiding the reader through both complex legal thought and ever more complex labor relations analysis. As an aspiring labor attorney myself, I feel that the book was a necessary, albeit incredibly depressing, read. I recommend it to anyone who is wondering why, in a country with such a vast amount of wealth and resources, there is 10% unemployment and a fifth of the population on food stamps.
Donna Lavdis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding! The present day situation with organized labor id ...
Reviewed in the United States on 24 November 2014Verified Purchase
Outstanding! The present day situation with organized labor id depressing. This book proves to you how depressing it really is.
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H. J. Spencer PhD, renegade-Physicist
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Complete Waste of Time
Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2015Verified Purchase
I cannot believe I read the same book as all these other reviewers. I found it boring, poorly written & lacking in any inspiration.
With friends like Tom Geoghegan, the union movement was bound to fail. Why this self-doubting guy should have become a labor lawyer is a complete mystery. He exhibits the same obsession with self that characterizes American culture. How can a collective organization, like a union flourish in a country where everyone, including most senior union executives, are only in it for themselves.
The American workers have been screwed royally (especially by the anti-union Wagner Act) by the aggressive sociopaths who are attracted to the obscene rewards of reaching senior management positions in American corporations.
The 66 page new afterword (added in 2004) is a complete waste of time, while the overall book is not worth anyone's time reading at all.
With friends like Tom Geoghegan, the union movement was bound to fail. Why this self-doubting guy should have become a labor lawyer is a complete mystery. He exhibits the same obsession with self that characterizes American culture. How can a collective organization, like a union flourish in a country where everyone, including most senior union executives, are only in it for themselves.
The American workers have been screwed royally (especially by the anti-union Wagner Act) by the aggressive sociopaths who are attracted to the obscene rewards of reaching senior management positions in American corporations.
The 66 page new afterword (added in 2004) is a complete waste of time, while the overall book is not worth anyone's time reading at all.
2 people found this helpful
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