Labor unions, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, History, 21st Century, Employees, Local 1199 (New York, N.Y, United States, Collective Bargaining, Collective labor agreements, 20th Century, Hospitals, Service Employees International Union 

The working class in American history 

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-347) and index.

Before the union : the hospital worker as involuntary philanthropist -- Awakening at Montefiore : the hospital that refused to fight -- The brewing storm : organizing from the ground up -- The battle of '59 : anatomy of a hospital strike -- Staying alive : the search for legal recognition -- Coming of age : building an effective union in the 1960s -- Stayed on freedom : a labor crusade behind the Magnolia Curtain -- High expectations and harsh realities : confronting a changing health care system in the 1970s -- 1199 exceptionalism : taking stock of the first generation -- Union power, soul power : when the solution becomes the problem -- Picking up the pieces : 1199's recipe for revival in the Dennis Rivera era -- 1199 exceptionalism revisited : the politics of partnership -- Epilogue: SEIU health care : Rx for growth or a family feud?