How one militant union organizer fought the bossesa??and national labor leaders.In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nationa??s largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of American private-sector workers belong to a union, the lowest percentage since the beginning of the twentieth century, and public employee collective bargaining has been dealt devastating blows in Wisconsin and elsewhere. What happened?Jane McAlevey is famousa??and notoriousa??in the American labor movement as the hard-charging organizer who racked up a string of victories at a time when union leaders said winning wasna??t possible. Then she was bounced from the movement, a victim of the high-level internecine warfare that has torn apart organized labor. In this engrossing and funny narrativea??that reflects the personality of its charismatic, wisecracking authora??McAlevey tells the story of a...