America Needs a Raise: Fighting for Economic Security and Social Justice

by John Sweeney

Book Overview

John J. Sweeney, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., makes a rallying cry for Americans to stop the thievery of corporations by joining unions. Wages, he argues, are shrinking due to inflation and as more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395823005
• ISBN13: 9780395823002
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Why America's largest class should be the wealthist.

John Sweeney through David Kusnet have given us a new motivation to believe that Labor unions can make a difference in the quality of life for America's working class. The greed of corporations and individuls must be controled. As long as this greed is the driving force of our economy America will never be as great as it could be. America Needs a Raise is not just a title. It is the solution to most of the problems in our working class neighborhoods. John Sweeney's book, America Needs a Raise is full of facts and figurers, but is easy to read and understand. By understanding the value of workers acting collectively to acheive a goal through collective barginning, labor unions are shown to be the solution to the need for a more equal distribution of the wealth of our nation.