Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene ” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed ). “ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van Jones In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation’s largest labor federation, promising renewal a