"This spirited collection is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to know what it will take for unions to inspire and mobilize a mass movement that will transform our nation, deepen our commitment to justice and democracy, and promote the inclusiveness that is key both to the labor movement and sustained economic growth." -Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., President, Rainbow/PUSH CoalitionFor the contributors to this volume, the 1995 contested election for leadership of the AFL-CIO was a watershed event.The victory of the New Voice slate led by John Sweeney is not seen as an automatic fix to all that has troubled the trade union movement, but as an opening of the door to a serious reorganization and reorientation of that movement. They are greatly heartened that the New Voice team candidly acknowledged the movement's shortcomings even as it asserted its desire to reanimate labor's historic mission.Taking their cue from the myriad of forces which ultimately produced the change in AFL-CIO leadership, the contributors to this volume take up every problem area troubling working class organizations. While hopeful about the prospects for change, they indicate that if trade unions do not  transform themselves, then the labor movement as we have known it is probably doomed. Dire as this assumption may be, with the exception of labor's role in international affairs, the changes advocated are rarely a fundamental break with the past and rarely are they entirely novel ideas.Instead, the proposals elaborate on current strategies that have proven effective. In this sense, the authors seek to be catalysts in processes already in motion. If this decreases the drama of what they are proposing, it also increases the possibility that their proposals can indeed be implemented in the near future.