"Not all unionism is created equal. We need unions that are willing to fight the bosses rather than cozy up to them. We need class-struggle unionism." - Joe Burns

• Class Struggle Unionism(Audiobook)

• Strike Back(Audiobook)

Class struggle unionists, rather than seeing our worker-owner relationship as primarily cooperative but with occasional flare-ups, recognize that conflict is baked into an economic system that pits the interests of the working class against the employing class. This leads class-struggle unionists to create a combative form of unionism that places sharp demands on employers and promotes rank-and-file worker activism.

Joe Burns is a veteran union negotiator and labor lawyer with over 25 years' experience negotiating labor agreements. He is currently the Director of Collective Bargaining for the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA.

He graduated from the New York University School of Law. Prior to law school he worked in a public sector hospital and was president of his AFSCME Local.

Joe Burns is the author of 3 books:

• 'Class Struggle Unionism';

• 'Strike Back: Using the Militant Tactics of Labor's Past to Reignite Public Sector Unionism Today';

• 'Reviving the Strike: How working people can regain power and transform America'