A Celebration of Work

A Celebration of Work
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 0803261276
ISBN-13 : 9780803261273
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Celebration of Work by : Norman Best

Download or read book A Celebration of Work written by Norman Best and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nothing is better for a person than to have an opportunity to do meaningful work," says Norman Best in this memoir detailing his forty-eight years as a blue-collar worker. During those years, he built and maintained highways and bridges in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana, and served stints as a machinist in the San Francisco shipyards and as business agent for Local 86 of the International Association of Machinists. In A Celebration of Work he shows how the construction of rural roads, railroad bridges, and modern superhighways depended on the expertise of skilled workers who cared deeply about quality. Yet the work of private contractors, interested solely in profit, was often careless and dangerous. Best's concern for the worker led him to the Communist Party in the 1930s, but, disillusioned with the party's leadership, he left it in 1946. His philosophy of economic democracy, rooted in Jeffersonian democracy, Marxian socialism, and the Golden Rule, renders his voice unique. Whether Best is describing organizing a union, busting the highway construction contract system, or refusing to cooperate with the FBI, his memoir honors the art of laboring with pride, self-confidence, and dignity.


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