Reviews
"A fascinating account of worker militancy on the New York City waterfront. He does an excellent job describing the intensity and frequency of rank-and-file rebellions against both the ILA leadership and shipping companies."
--The Journal of American History
"Mello's analysis is often highly insightful and even disarming."
--Italian American Review
"A fascinating account of rank-and-file rebellion among East Coast dockworkers in the post-war era."
"…delves deep into the dynamics of rebellion on the docks. Mello brings us close t othe activists who struggled to build militancy among the ranks."
"…it is the stories of rank-and-file activists fighting for democracy -- in the economy, but also in their own unions -- that rarely see the light of day. Mello does us all a service by bringing these stories out into the open."
--Labour/Le Travail