We Always Had a Union: New York’s Hotel Workers Union, 1912-1953, And Other Published Writings on Unions, Workers Rights, Radical History and Working Class Culture

Richman, Shaun (2025) We Always Had a Union: New York’s Hotel Workers Union, 1912-1953, And Other Published Writings on Unions, Workers Rights, Radical History and Working Class Culture. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.

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Abstract

The portfolio I am presenting, and accompanying critical analysis (consisting of a solo-authored book, published by a peer-reviewed academic press; a chapter from another peer-reviewed book, an edited volume on working class depictions in popular media; two articles from a peer-reviewed journal on union change; a vetted white paper produced by a progressive think tank; and an article from a peer-reviewed historical journal) represents the main body of my findings, accumulated over many years of research and union activism.

Union advancement and worker power require experimentation with strategy and tactics; an appreciation of what worked in the past combined with a willingness to ditch convention.

The tendency of my work, learning those lessons of history, is to remind readers and audiences that some of the old approaches that were abandoned along the way, in the interests of progress, might actually offer greater potential in present times than is generally acknowledged.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies
Depositing User:	Chris White
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2025 08:51
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2025 08:51
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101120
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