{"product_id":"9781469661544","title":"Labor Under Fire","description":"From the Reagan years to the present, the labor movement has faced a profoundly hostile climate. As America's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with severe political and economic headwinds. Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting for programs that benefited millions of Americans, including social security, unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and universal health care. With a membership of more than 13 million, it was also able to launch the largest labor march in American history--1981's Solidarity Day--and to play an important role in politics.In a history that spans from 1979 to the present, Timothy J. Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful enemies and internal constraints. Full of details, characters, and never-before-told stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive history of the modern AFL-CIO.","brand":"Timothy J. Minchin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46775233085758,"sku":"9781469661544","price":1527.54,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781469661544_ebd02f8f-df85-4097-bc03-17c4556cecbb.jpg?v=1707476585","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781469661544","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}