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The story of a 15-year fight to form a union of office and lab workers at Harvard University

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Epilogue Index

About the Author

John Hoerr, a freelance writer, has been a journalist for more than thirty years at newspapers, magazines, public television, and United Press International. A specialist in labor reportage, he is the author of And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry.

Reviews

"Hoerr's book breaks new ground as it traces how the rising feminist consciousness of the 60's and early 70's fused with working-class, union sensibilities, and how...organizers made mainstream unions bend to accommodate this new mix." --Ellen Clegg, The Boston Globe "Hoerr provides a comprehensive account of the history of the history of the Harvard office workers' struggle to unionize at Harvard...instructive for labor educators, union organizers, and general readers who are interested in women's role in the labor movement and union organizing in academia or in the female-dominated service industries." --Labor Studies Journal "Hoerr's tale of staunch women and Harvard's comeuppance make his book exciting reading." --Jean Alonso, The Women's Review of Books "[We Can't Eat Prestige] is a superb piece of investigative journalism...The book is readable and the story compelling...it provides a richly detailed account of an important episode in late 20th-century women's labor history." --Ruth Milkman, Labor History "This is a valuable book, especially for those interested in the internal operation of unions." --Richard W. Hurd, Industrial and Labor Relations Review "Describes in illuminating detail the motives and aspirations of one group's effort to gain a voice in their workplace." --Choice