Summary Of There Is Power In A Union By Philip Dray

Philip Dray and his book “ There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America” provide many information about the vital accomplishments of organized labor evangelists to draw upon. He show us the illuminate its central role in social, economic and political. Throughout his book, the security and dignity locate this struggle in all its various setting from union halls to the halls of Congress and the White House. He demonstrates the urgency of the contest between labor and capital still remains and influences today. Philip Dray offers us with an historic account of the labor-management relations in the United State. The labor movement influences millions of workplaces from the industrialization in the 1820’s until today. He argues that the saga of organized labor has not been easy for workers to have their dreams and desires through his observation of plenty of events individually with details. He shares his idea about the debate about work and industry to make it clear of the struggle for worker’s rights. He wants to define what it means to be an American by consuming subjects as the birth of our nation with laws and customs.

Dray use a dramatic example of trouble for the labor movement in his opening scene. The event about polices and politicians used force to disperse thousands of unemployed workers at Tompkins Square in New York City, instead of listening to them. The United States needs a social justice- an equal treatment between owners and workers if not worker violence action would accompany worker’s effort by using guns, bombs and fire resulting in the deaths of both sides of these conflicts: police officers and other defenders. They have to use direct force to fight for their