We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: “To Get to Boeing, We First Had to Take on the Union” 1 1. Business Unionism and Rank-and-File Unionism at the Turn of the Millennium 11 2. Not a Smooth Flight for Boeing and the Union 30 3. Enter the Dissidents 51 4. The Problem with “Jointness” 80 5. The 1995 Strike and the Rejection of the Second Contract 100 6. “The Feeble Strength of One” 118 7. Carrying the Memory of Agitation: A Dialogue between Keith Thomas and Dana Cloud 153 8. Communication and Clout 175 Conclusion: The Beginnings and Ends of Union Democracy 183 Notes 197 Interviews and Archival Sources 225 Index 229 ...