On Strike for Respect : The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, 1984-85

It is we who push the papers, put the paychecks in the mail;        It is we who type the letters, mind the office without fail.         And until we get a contract, it is we who'll shut down Yale, For the union         makes us strong.       (To the tune of "John Brown's Body")       "Must reading for anyone who wants to learn what a revitalized labor         movement would look like." -- Labor Notes       "A textbook on solidarity unionism." -- Staughton Lynd       "One of the very best books on labor in the 1970s and 80s."         -- Dana Frank, University of California at Santa Cruz       "There are very few case studies in recent labor history as readable         and provocative as this one." -- Karen Sawislak, Stanford University       On Strike for Respect is a lively account of the 1984-85 strike         by clerical and technical workers at Yale University.

Members of Local         34, with a strong female majority, mobilized themselves and the public,         breathing new life into the labor movement as they fought for and won         substantial gains.

A short update on current conditions concludes this         volume.