Olivia Geho is a digital organizer with the Virginia Education Association where she supports unionization efforts in dozens of school divisions across the Commonwealth. She is the vice president of the Virginia Professional Staff Association and has been teaching rank-and-file union members how to conduct research for three years. She is also the webmaster for StrategicCorporateResearch.org and has a master’s degree in labor studies from the UMass Amherst Labor Center. She lives in Richmond, VA.
What the Boss Doesn’t Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns
SKU: 9798887441023
Authors: Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry
Series: PM Press
ISBN: 9798887441023
Published: 04/01/2025
Format: Paperback
Size: 5 x 8
Pages: 200
Subjects: Labor & Industrial Relations / Activism & Social Justice / Political Economy
Praise
“The corporate elite have built complex systems to keep us divided, demoralized, and exploited, while too many organizing campaigns still rely on outdated approaches. This book is more than just a theoretical approach to organizing—it is a practical guide to helping workers build research-backed campaigns that empower us to wield strategic workplace power. It is a must-have manual for anyone hoping to take on multinational corporate power and win.”
—Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants–CWA
“Too often, progress is only possible when workers can effectively challenge the power of their employers. Doing so requires a deep understanding of the employer, their industry, and finances. What the Boss Doesn’t Want Us to Know provides an invaluable framework for analyzing a company and developing a winning campaign.”
—Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers
“This book is an invaluable weapon for the rank-and-file worker in understanding how the boss operates, where they are vulnerable, where our tactics should be directed to land the greatest blows, and what we need to know in order to win what workers deserve.”
—Marybeth Seitz-Brown, organizer, Service Employees International Union District 1199
“Unions must engage in strategic comprehensive research to have a full understanding of the challenges before them. A union’s members are intrinsic to this process. Whether a contract or public interest campaign, members must be involved to be successful. This new approach allows union researchers to plumb the depths of the expertise in the membership to leverage information for better campaign outcomes.”
—Simon Collins, researcher, Canadian Union of Public Employees
“Only an informed and organized working class can win the war on corporate greed. What the Boss Doesn’t Want Us to Know is an invaluable field guide for how rank-and-file workers can take matters into their own hands and strategize to build power and win campaigns regardless of the industry they are in.”
—Chris Brooks, chief of staff to UAW President Shawn Fain
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