Unions & Radicals: Uneasy Relations

David Brody is a bright young scholar who has made a serious effort to bring a new perspective to the study of American trade unions. His views are contained in this group of essays, which might more appropriately have been called “Unions and Union Leadership.”

Brody rejects any simplistic Marxist view as a hypothesis for understanding 20th-century unionism, although he recognizes the reality of class struggles. Basically, as he states, “I have found myself occupied w...