The Moral Economy of Care

“This masterful study documents hospital unions’ decades-long struggle to improve health care workers’ compensation along with their unwavering commitment to improving patient care, in the face of corporate indifference and avarice. Gastón’s nuanced comparative-historical analysis is a must-read for labor scholars and economic sociologists, and for anyone concerned about the nation’s deeply troubled health care system.” —Ruth Milkman, City University of New York Graduate Center

“For decades it was argued that patient care was such a moral imperative that unions, strikes, and even decent pay were out of step with American health provision. But in his persuasive and pathbreaking history, Pablo Gastón shows how rank and file nurses turned this injunction on its head, making patient care and workers’ control a compelling justification for militant unionism in a profit-maximizing hospital ecosystem.” —Nelson Lichtenstein, author of Why Labor Unions Matter

Pablo Gastón is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan.

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