Labor Relations: Striking a Balance

and its resistance to the power imposed by Pittston and the legal establishments. Chap-ter 7 is titled “Lawbreaking ” and emphasizes the resistance techniques employed by UMWA members. Chapter 8 begins the situational analysis and notes that different explanations can be posited about the actions of the participants. Chapter 9 follows by examining the “domestication ” of the resistance efforts, which is further analyzed in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 concludes the book but is more allegorical in nature than a true theoretical summary. Its purpose is perhaps best seen as the summary of the morality tale, rather than an academic conclusion, as its focus is on the outcomes of the strike and the effect on the participants. Although the book does not establish itself as a simple chronicle of the strike, the richness it develops as a constructed tale of resistance to power and authority does just that. Embodied in the book are chronological events, time lines, legal judgments, interviews, and all the other aspects that situational analysis requires but that also provide an accu-rate historical account of the strike. The book fulfills its own stated goals, and, through that action, provides a depth of information about the strike, its actors, and its effects