Steve Early is labor journalist, whose writing has appeared in several publications, including The New York Times and The Nation. He is a former organizer for the Communications Workers of America. Mr. Early is the author of Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections of the Class War at Home.
"The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old?"
Labor journalist Steve Early examines the current organizing strategies and structures of many labor unions in the United States. He also reports on the internal conflicts that marked the labor movement from 2008 to 2010 that according to the author hurt union reputations and angered supporters. Steve Early discusses his book at Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C.
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