Abstract
Preface Notes on unpublished sources Part I. Labour Radicalism Revisited: 1. Unsettling old scores: labour radicalism encounters conventional wisdom 2. Sealing the fate of radical labour theoretically 3. A framework for American unionism Part II. Local Community and 'Tumultuous' Democracy: the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront: 4. Political community on the San Francisco waterfront 5. The structure of participationist politics 6. Being political in Local 10 Part III. Unionism, Work and Technological Change: 7. Work, knowledge and control: conventional longshoring 8. Work, knowledge and control: containerised longshoring 9. 'Doing the right thing': working principles and codes of conduct Part IV. Waging the Battle for Workplace Control on Contractual Terrain: 10. Who decides how to work? 11. Which side's language shall govern? 12. By whose principles will merit be rewarded? Part V. Agreeing to Disagree: Being Defensibly Disobedient: 13. Translating troubles into grievable issues 14. 'We essentially have no contract with you': keeping the agreement 15. Constructing and maintaining the appearance of co-operation Conclusion: Trade union exceptionalism or prefigurative politics? Appendix: doing field research - an ethnographic account References Name index Subject index.
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