Coping with the '80s; a new kind of war for the U.M.W. (United Mine Workers)

From: The Nation | Date: November 8, 1986| Author: Mills, Nicolaus | Copyright information

COPING WITH THE '80s

A New Kind of War for the U.M.W.

How does a union remain militant yet cope with the political realities of the 1980s? In recent years no union offers a better example than the United Mine Workers under Richard Trumka. In view of the union's history, it makes sense that the mine workers' first instinct would be to resist accommodation. But what makes their story so impressive is that the U.M.W. that Trumka, a 36-year-old lawyer and for...

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