TRAINMAN
About
In 1993, a sentence from his union president on a crowded train started a fight that would consume the next decade of Anthony Bottalico's life. By the time it was over, the Metro-North union local he ran would have unseated entrenched leadership, exposed corruption that the international wanted buried, negotiated a contract that prevented a strike that would have stripped his members of their right to organize, and helped found ACRE, the independent union that brought conductors and engineers together after generations of fighting each other.
TRAINMAN is the inside account of that fight. Bottalico tells the story the way it happened: the threats, the calculations, the friendships that held when things got hard, the people who broke, and the people who stood. It is a labor history written by someone who lived it. But at its core it is a book about ordinary working people who refused to stay silent and what it cost them to act.
Readers have told Bottalico the book reminded them of every moment they watched something go wrong and said nothing. That is who the book is for. Anyone who has felt outmatched by an institution. Anyone who has wondered whether one person can actually change anything. Anyone who already knows the answer is yes.
TRAINMAN reached #1 New Release in Labor & Industrial Economic Relations on Amazon. Available in paperback and ebook from major retailers.
Praise for this book
The determination, risk, sacrifice and solidarity required to bring about positive change.
Freedom isn't cheap.
This book would make a great movie. A must read.
Fascinating true story of what really happens behind the scenes.
Really well and clearly written and tells a great story.
Great read. I recommend to all blue collar workers.