Class Struggle Unionism

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Joe Burns is a well-known, well-respected radical labor organizer and author. His previous books have been widely read in labor education and organizing spaces across the country. His current connections to prominent labor leaders like Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, will help to promote this book across important labor circles in the current period. The audience for this book includes the over 85,000 members of Democratic Socialists of America, the tens of thousands of subscribers to Jacobin Magazine as well as the many active union members across the country. This book will spark debate, discussion and conversation in these activist and organizer circles and these extensive Left networks coupled with a robust social media campaign will drive sales to both current Joe Burns fans and a new generation of readers.

Author Bio

Joe Burns is a veteran union negotiator and labor lawyer with over 25 years experience negotiating labor agreements. He is currently the Director of Collective Bargaining for the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA. He graduated from the New York University School of Law. Prior to law school he worked in a public sector hospital and was president of his AFSCME Local. He is the author of Strike Back: Rediscovering Militant Tactics to Fight the Attacks on Public Employee Unions and Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America.