labor law for the rank & filer building solidarity while staying clear of the law
cultural writing . labor law . politics . labor law for the rank & filer building solidarity while staying clear of the law is a guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy . blending cutting edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic social change from below staughton lynd and daniel gross deliver a practical guide for making work better while re invigorating the labor movement . labor law for the rank & filer demonstrates how a powerful model of organizing called solidarity unionism can help workers avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct action to win . this new revised and expanded edition includes new cases governing fundamental labor rights as well as an added section on practicing solidarity unionism . this new section includes chapters discussing the hard hitting tactic of working to rule ; organizing under the principle that no one is illegal and building grassroots solidarity across borders to challenge neoliberalism among several other new topics . illustrative stories of workers struggles make the legal principles come alive . daniel gross is a graduate of fordham law school and a member of the industrial workers of the world . he has been remarkably successful in organizing starbucks stores in new york city . staughton lynd is a labor lawyer and historian . he wrote the original labor law for the rank and filer more than 25 years ago .