Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I. THE UNION'S INSPIRATION
6. "Thank you, thank you, thank you" 11
7. "David conquered Goliath with five smooth stones. So it was with the Farm Workers" 17
8. "Working-class people have a very deep culture based on solidarity and trust" 31
9. "The freight industry is going to be organized by members in freight" 42
10. "Instead of letting me go out alone, they went with me" 54
11. "Certain folks call me a permanent rank and filer" 63
12. "They're not scabs any more" 75
13. II. THE ASHES OF THE OLD
14. "I was devastated when the plant closed" 87
15. "I'm going down that hill" 95
16. "This society has declared war on black males" 111
17. "We needed something more than a labor-community-church alliance" 122
18. "One for one-Job security for the next generation" 134
19. III. ANYWHERE BENEATH THE SUN
20. "Necio para seguir adelante" (stubborn to keep moving forward) 147
21. "The worst that they can do is to put me in prison" 156
22. "We're not meant to be desk leaders" 166
23. "The power of the people is not just a slogan" 172
24. "It was a bogus election" 177
25. "Women would make a beginning and then their husbands could join" 181
26. "Your health is not for sale" 187
27. IV. IN OUR HANDS IS PLACED A POWER
28. "Workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them" 201
29. "I declined to join the staff" 210
30. "How do unions become concerned about the people who are outside the workplace?" 221
31. "Other than having a baby, it's the most optimistic thing you can do" 230
32. "I felt that I couldn't stand on the sideline any more" 243
33. INDEX 255