“During my coverage of the plant shutdowns in Youngstown, I became convinced that there was a larger story to be told of how our economic system does not concern itself with social costs. Staughton Lynd’s book tells a large part of that story.”—Agis Salpukas, The New York Times "This valuable book once again demonstrates that rank and filers must look only to themselves in the struggle for united action.”—C. L. R. James, author of The Black Jacobins “Staughton Lynd writes with the passion and insight of one who was in the thick of the battle against the closing of Youngstown’s steel mills. But, as a historian and lawyer, he writes also with a keen eye for the facts and for reasoned argument. No book better catches what American workers are up against when corporate employers decide to shut up shop and move out.”—David Brody, University of California, Davis