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Ripley, Randall Butler was born on January 24, 1938 in Des Moines. Son of Henry Dayton and Aletha (Butler) Ripley.
(Are contemporary U.S. labor unions irrelevant, or in fact...)
Are contemporary U.S. labor unions irrelevant, or in fact a changing force to be reckoned with as they grow into a new economy in a globalized America? Is the current political power exercised by U.S. labor unions more akin to the social movements of the sixties or the interest politics of the nineties? After winning the presidency of the AFL-CIO in 1995, John Sweeney and his colleagues have taken strides to make labor more important in the United States economically and politically, despite reduced membership. Here, four authors come together to survey the status of labor unions past, present, and future, nationally as well as through the microcosm of the labor situation in Ohio, one of the largest, most representative, and most electorally significant states in the country. The authors focus on union membership, leadership, political attitudes, strategies, and grassroots mobilization to paint a picture of union revitalization in a context of economic and social change. American labor still wields clout on Election Day, but union revitalization is a work in progress. For unions to matter every day to their members and leaders, they must consolidate their economic bases and rise to the challenges carefully documented in this book.
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Ripley, Randall Butler was born on January 24, 1938 in Des Moines. Son of Henry Dayton and Aletha (Butler) Ripley.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1959; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963.
Teaching fellow, Harvard, 1960-1962;
member of staff, Brookings Institute, Washington, 1963-1967;
research assistant, Brookings Institute, 1963-1964;
research associate, Brookings Institute, 1964-1967;
intern, Office of Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1963;
associate professor department political science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1967-1969;
professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1969;
chairman, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1969-1991;
dean College Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1992. Lecturer Catholic U., Washington, 1963-1964. Professorial lecturer American U., Washington, 1964-1967.
Visiting professor U. Oklahoma, 1969-1991.
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Board Governors Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada, 1994-1998. Member American Political Science Association (secretary 1978), Midwest Political Science Association Beta Kappa.
Married Grace A. Franklin, October 15, 1974. Children: Frederick Joseph, Vanessa Gail.