Re: [Marxism] David Mandel's book on Russian unions is also about unions in North America

[Doug Smiley <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the recommendation. I added this book to my
Amazon.com Wishlist. Here is their reveiw:

Editorial Reviews
Book Description

Labour After Soviet Socialism

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a period of
steep economic decline, followed by economic reform,
soaring inflation, corruption and crime. Despite the
fact that unions were part of the State and that
membership was obligatory, incorporating 98 percent of
the labor force, millions of workers were not paid
their wages.

Based upon an abundance of first-hand material, Labour
After Soviet Socialism examines the complex interplay
of history, ideology, leadership, state policy and
economics, to explain the difficulty workers have
encountered in defending their interests.

David Mandel, labor scholar and activist, teaches
political science at the University of Quebec,
Montreal. He is co-founder of the School for Worker
Democracy, which conducts rank-and-file labor
education in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.



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-doug-
http://dougsmiley.net



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