A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track by Andy Stern: Used

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Publication Date
2006-10-01
Pages
224
ISBN
9780743297677

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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743297679
ISBN-13
9780743297677
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53569115

Product Key Features

Book Title
Country That Works : Getting America Back on Track
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, General, United States / 21st Century
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, History
Author
Andy Stern
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
2006-041336
Reviews
"Andy Stern has written an important book that reveals the alarming facts about how our government is failing to meet the challenges of globalization and putting America's future at risk. His bold vision for reform is a call to arms that should be read by all Americans."-- George Soros, financier and philanthropist, "The future of the American dream may lie in the hands of Andy Stern and his bold vision for reform. ReadA Country That Worksto understand the forces that split the American labor movement in 2005. Or read it for a glimpse into the heart of a man who has devoted his life to the struggle for a better deal for American working people. Either way, be prepared to throw out all your stereotypes about 'big labor' and embrace a vital agenda for change."-- Barbara Ehrenreich, author ofNickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, "Andy Stern's A Country That Works provides a practical, cooperative approach to cultivate healing and economic growth in America, written by a man who is deeply committed to the potential of both this country and its workers. Stern's strategy of adaptive cooperation would restore the American Dream to employees and employers alike, rewarding those who share a deep-seated belief in equity and community -- the values that built our great nation."-- Donna L. Brazile, former campaign manager for Gore for President 2000, author of Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, "The future of the American dream may lie in the hands of Andy Stern and his bold vision for reform. Read A Country That Works to understand the forces that split the American labor movement in 2005. Or read it for a glimpse into the heart of a man who has devoted his life to the struggle for a better deal for American working people. Either way, be prepared to throw out all your stereotypes about 'big labor' and embrace a vital agenda for change." -- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, "I'm 28, and this is not the world that I or my friends expected when we were growing up. I found this book remarkably useful in thinking about the value of work in America. While there are a lot of books that decry inequality, attack corporate corruption, or criticize freemarket fundamentalism, rarely is the author someone who has 30 years of experience creating change for millions of workers. Stern presents a vision that is based on years of institutional struggle and a practical sense of the grand scope of what is both necessary and possible."-- Matt Stoller, President of BlogPac and blogger at MyDD, "Andy Stern's "A Country That Works" provides a practical, cooperative approach to cultivate healing and economic growth in America, written by a man who is deeply committed to the potential of both this country and its workers. Stern's strategy of adaptive cooperation would restore the American Dream to employees and employers alike, rewarding those who share a deep-seated belief in equity and community -- the values that built our great nation."-- Donna L. Brazile, former campaign manager for Gore for President 2000, author of "Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics", "Andy Stern'sA Country That Worksprovides a practical, cooperative approach to cultivate healing and economic growth in America, written by a man who is deeply committed to the potential of both this country and its workers. Stern's strategy of adaptive cooperation would restore the American Dream to employees and employers alike, rewarding those who share a deep-seated belief in equity and community -- the values that built our great nation."-- Donna L. Brazile, former campaign manager for Gore for President 2000, author ofCooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, "The future of the American dream may lie in the hands of Andy Stern and his bold vision for reform. Read A Country That Works to understand the forces that split the American labor movement in 2005. Or read it for a glimpse into the heart of a man who has devoted his life to the struggle for a better deal for American working people. Either way, be prepared to throw out all your stereotypes about 'big labor' and embrace a vital agenda for change."-- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, "I'm 28, and this is not the world that I or my friends expected when we were growing up. I found this book remarkably useful in thinking about the value of work in America. While there are a lot of books that decry inequality, attack corporate corruption, or criticize freemarket fundamentalism, rarely is the author someone who has 30 years of experience creating change for millions of workers. Stern presents a vision that is based on years of institutional struggle and a practical sense of the grand scope of what is both necessary and possible." -- Matt Stoller, President of BlogPac and blogger at MyDD, "Andy Stern has written an important book that reveals the alarming facts about how our government is failing to meet the challenges of globalization and putting America's future at risk. His bold vision for reform is a call to arms that should be read by all Americans." -- George Soros, financier and philanthropist, "Andy Stern's A Country That Works provides a practical, cooperative approach to cultivate healing and economic growth in America, written by a man who is deeply committed to the potential of both this country and its workers. Stern's strategy of adaptive cooperation would restore the American Dream to employees and employers alike, rewarding those who share a deep-seated belief in equity and community -- the values that built our great nation." -- Donna L. Brazile, former campaign manager for Gore for President 2000, author of Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
331.880973
Table Of Content
Contents Chapter One: A Country That Doesn't Work Chapter Two: Globalization Is for Real Chapter Three: Change Has Got to Come Chapter Four: A Story of Transformation Chapter Five: Taking It to the Next Level Chapter Six: The Strength of One Chapter Seven: Pushing Past Partisan Roadblocks Chapter Eight: Don't Let Them Fool You Chapter Nine: A Plan for a Country That Works Conclusion Notes Acknowledgments Special Acknowledgment Index
Synopsis
Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the "house of labor" -- taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the "Wal-Marting" of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living -- threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address -- and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms. In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn't working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us. Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can move into the twenty-first century with their futures secure. As Stern so persuasively shows, it is time for bold thinking and creative solutions to overhaul a health care system in crisis; correct a tax system rigged in favor of business and the wealthy; revamp our inadequate retirement system; and make truly innovative improvements in education. He presents a set of course-correction reforms so compelling, simple, and achievable that readers will find themselves enraged that they haven't yet been enacted. Americans have a right to expect our government to work for us. Andy Stern shows how we can get things back on track to make sure it does., The maverick leader of the fastest-growing union in the United States proposes a revolutionary paradigm for America and labor--in which workers and management and all Americans can thrive in the global economy.
LC Classification Number
HD8066.S74 2006

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