The New Rank and File Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
I	The Union's Inspiration
	Thank you, thank you, thank you	11
	David conquered Goliath with five smooth stones. So it was with the Farm Workers	17
	Working-class people have a very deep culture based on solidarity and trust	31
	The freight industry is going to be organized by members in freight	42
	Instead of letting me go out alone, they went with me	54
	Certain folks call me a permanent rank and filer	63
	They're not scabs any more	75
II	The Ashes of the Old
	I was devastated when the plant closed	87
	I'm going down that hill	95
	This society has declared war on black males	111
	We needed something more than a labor-community church alliance	122
	One for one - Job security for the next generation	134
III	Anywhere Beneath the Sun
	Necio para seguir adelante (stubborn to keep moving forward)	147
	The worst that they can do is to put me in prison	156
	We're not meant to be desk leaders	166
	The power of the people is not just a slogan	172
	It was a bogus election	177
	Women would make a beginning and then their husbands could join	181
	Your health is not for sale	187
IV	In Our Hands is Placed a Power
	Workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them	201
	I declined to join the staff	210
	How do unions become concerned about the people who are outside the workplace?	221
	Other than having a baby, it's the most hopeful thing you can do	230
	I felt that I couldn't stand on the sideline any more	243
	Index	255