In this important and readable book, Sanford Jacoby traces the rise, fall, and possible rejuvenation of American unions.

Jacoby tells a fascinating and important story about how labor unions found themselves espousing shareholder primacy at the turn of the twenty-first century. Anyone who is interested in the history of unions or corporate governance will want to read this book.

Jacoby’s remarkably insightful analysis will henceforth be essential to any understanding of labor’s twenty-first-century cause.