Packed with valuable analysis and informationhard workexplores historical perspectives examines social and political policies and brings us inside todays unions providing an excellent introduction to labor in americahard workbegins with a comparison of the very different conditions that prevail for labor in the united states and in europe what emerges is a picture of an american labor movement forced to operate on terrain shaped by powerful corporations a weak state and an . Hard work remaking the american labor movement by rick fantasia author kim voss author june 2004 first edition ebook 2995 gbp2500 title details rights available worldwide pages 259 isbn 9780520937710. Hard work is an exceptionally thoughtful overview of labors historical development and current dilemmas ruth milkman director uc institute for labor and employment about the author rick fantasia professor of sociology at smith college is author of cultures of solidarity consciousness action and contemporary american workers . Request pdf hard work remaking the american labor movement this concise overview of the labor movement in the united states focuses on why american workers have failed to develop the