Books by Robert Bruno

How did the Chicago Teamsters Local 705, once notorious for corruption and despotism, become an organization that the "Wall Street Journal" hailed as "a model of reform"? This narrative tells of the violent and contentious struggle to reform one of the most powerful and independent union locals.

For retired steelworkers in Youngstown, Ohio, the label "working class" fits comfortably. Questioning the widely held view that laborers in postwar America have adopted middle-class values, Robert Bruno shows that in this community a blue-collar...