Activist Unionism

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Donald R. Stabile is professor of economics at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He holds a B.S. in business from the University of Florida and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Professor Stabile's scholarly work includes articles on the ideas of Thorstein Veblen, on scientific management and engineers, and on the public debt of the United States. He authored Prophets of Order: The Rise of the New Class, Technocracy and Socialism in America (1984) and coauthored The Public Debt of the United States: An Historical Perspective, 1775-1990 (1991).

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Two Worlds of Solomon Barkin; Chapter 2 A System of Trade Union Economics; Chapter 3 Workers, Jobs, and Unions; Chapter 4 Responsibilities of Industry; Chapter 5 How Unions Serve Their Members; Chapter 6 Coordinated Government Policy; Chapter 7 Decline of the Labor Movement; Conclusion: Full Productive and Freely Chosen Employment;