Enough Blame to Go Around -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part I: Unions on the Run -- Chapter 1: A New Sheriff's in Town -- The Town Is Nottingham -- Why Afflict the Comfortable? -- More Fearful of Boss than of Members -- 'Many Have Nowhere to Go' -- 'Did They Really Negotiate?' -- Soak Rich, Dampen Ambitions -- Chapter 2: Staring Down the Barrel of Reagan's Legacy -- Chipped Away at 50 Years of Gains -- The Billionaire's Club -- A Pass for Union Supporters -- Not Burning GOP Bridges -- 61 Percent Oppose Rights Loss -- '30 Years of Wage Suppression' -- Tax Cut As Good As a Raise? -- 'They're Out for Blood' -- Chapter 3: The 'Evil Genius' Loses One -- 'City Won't Suffer More' -- Hoped for 'Kinder, Gentler Mayor' -- Not a Stealth Mayor -- 'First Line of Defense' -- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? -- Making the Law Work -- Chapter 4: 'Christmas Bonuses' and Other Wicked Fables -- Please Don't Annoy the Affluent -- Partly Based on a True Story -- City Actuary Proposed VSF -- A Mutual Desire for Change -- 'Traded Uncertainty for Certainty' -- No Skim if Funds Were Flush -- 'That's Scoppetta's Team' -- Warns of Aging Force -- 'Not Source of City's Problem' -- A DROP from Mayor's Narrative -- Chapter 5: Unions Finally Aroused by Mayor's Distortions -- Blinkers on for CityTime -- Unions Slow to Grasp Mayor's Aim -- 'Telling One Lie after Another' -- Tough to Get Labor's Side Out -- Chance to Win Over Public -- Chapter 6: Pensions a Beachhead for Class Warfare -- 'Leave Seniors Eating Dog Food' -- Praise the Workers, Damn Union Bosses -- Whacking the City -- Mayor's War on VSFs -- Another Wall Street Con? -- 'Blaming the Victim' -- Don't Punish Unions' Foresight -- Chapter 7: Tabs to Randi: Burn, Baby -- Letting the Testosterone Flow -- 'We Expose, They Demonize' -- An Offer He Can Refuse -- Cutting Peer Program.

'Doesn't Consult Us' -- A Phony Populism -- Chapter 8: Sister Randi Explains It All -- Merit Pay and Pension Gains -- National Union on Her Horizon? -- 'Infantilizing Teachers' -- 'Raised Living Standard' -- 'Test Prep Not Life Prep' -- Mastered Give-and-Take -- 'Not a Spectator Sport' -- 'Salt of the Earth' -- 'Like Night and Day' -- Chapter 9: OTB Workers Unwilling to Gamble on Defiance -- Stars Aligned Against Unions -- Principles vs. Pragmatism -- Cuomo the Dark Horse -- No Phone-Worker Assurances -- 'Major Score' for NYRA -- Chapter 10: 'The Prince' Incarnate in a Cuomovellian Gambit -- Subverted to the Greater Good? -- Some Got Haircut, Others Scalped -- 'Played Us Against Each Other' -- Silver Didn't Ride to Rescue -- Shutdown Threat Worked -- Not Reckoning with Adaptability -- A 'Melo' Kind of Player -- Part II: With Leaders Like These . . . -- Chapter 11: Judge Speaks Loud for McLaughlin's Victims -- 'Small Amounts from Different Pots' -- Courage or Chutzpah? -- Made CLC Relevant Again -- An Offense Against All Workers -- A Lot More than Two Years -- Chapter 12: A School Bus Frame-Up DOE Won't Talk About -- Sole Witness's Changing Story -- DOE's Own Policy Not Followed -- Reformers' Lawyers Filing Suit -- 'Union, OPT in Cahoots' -- 'Didn't Read the Transcripts' -- Only Dislike Aggressive Unions? -- Imbalance on Scales of Justice -- Chapter 13: Let's Not Strike for Spike -- May 'The Horse' Be with Him -- Jobs for the Mob -- 'Need Health Deal First' -- Shook Down Doctors? -- Hard to Feel Solidarity -- International Silent -- 'Destroying the Local' -- 'City to the Rescue' -- Chapter 14: Busfellas' Past Helped Mayor to Break Strike -- Proof 'Horse' Is Not with Them -- Outlaw Rep Caught Up -- Doubt Savings Was Motive -- Flexed Wrong Muscles -- Blame They Didn't Deserve -- Will Pledge Become Action? -- 'Had to Go Out' -- Euphoria Didn't Last.

Part III: Police Unions in All Their Complexities -- Chapter 15: Enough Blame to Go Around -- Anemone Blocked Transfer -- 'Sleeping at the Wheel' -- Justice Comes Second -- 'They Weren't There' -- Chapter 16: A Tough Guy Gets Undressed -- Provoking with a Purpose -- A Question of Justification -- Believed He Had Gun -- Benefield Flounders -- Rugged Grilling -- Claims He Cooled Beef -- 'Don't Got to Respect Him' -- 'Shooting Didn't Stop' -- Troubled Past Excavated -- Getting Under His Skin -- Banter Gets Heated -- 'Didn't Do Homework' -- 'Doing What You Wanted' -- A Matter of Judgment -- 'He Knew They Were Cops' -- Part of Later Shootout? -- Chapter 17: Savage Steps Out Boldly -- Unconventional Wisdom? -- The Hollywood Shuffle -- Not Based in Fact -- Tale of Two Unions -- On the Other Hand . . . -- No Mayor Culpa -- Chapter 18: Giuliani's Toxic Cynicism -- Accused Only by Mayor -- Making Cops' Jobs Harder -- An 'Insulting' Question -- Higher Standard Needed -- Fanning PBA Flames -- Styling Himself As Victim -- Part IV: The Demise of a Once-Great Union -- Chapter 19: Targets: Friends of Rudy -- 200 Got 11,000 Raise -- DeCanio under Scrutiny -- Issues in Dispute -- Dead-End Jobs -- Spotlight on Hughes -- Action Boosted Members -- Chapter 20: Gotbaum's Revised History -- From 'No Leader' to Adequate -- Not Exactly Affirmative Action -- Pivotal in Union's Rise -- Hard Feelings on Layoffs -- 'I Put Clamp On' -- 'Lucky to Have Jobs' -- Chapter 21: Stern Reaction from DC 37 -- The Christmas Tree Caper -- No More 'Reign of Terror' -- Differing Traditions -- Enthusiastic Executor -- Devaluing Workers -- Chapter 22: Delusions of Entitlement -- Touchdowns and Table Dances -- Membership's Privileges -- Going in Style -- Child of Segregation -- Children of Privilege -- Chapter 23: An Absence of Leadership -- Not the Only Doubter -- 'Just Makes You Wonder'.

Unlikely Masterminds -- Hatchet Man with Clout -- Believes Hill's Honest -- A 10-Million Mistake -- Serious about Change? -- Chapter 24: Sad Tale of Two Charlies -- Anatomy of a Fall -- 'Craziness' and Cocaine -- Aided Ethiopian Jews -- 'A Great Union Leader' -- Wasn't Reined In -- Hill Finally Acted -- Made Smile Work -- Chapter 25: She Didn't Stick to Story -- Layoff Fear Invoked -- Less Tainted than Others -- Witnesses' Shared Past -- Half a Loaf Denied -- A Crime 'Family' -- 'Told Me Be Discreet' -- 'He'd Take Care of It' -- Tougher to Discount -- Conflicting Pressures -- Chapter 26: DC 37, after the Gold Rush -- 'Did Everything I Could' -- Myers Came in, Deluge Followed -- Indulged Hughes -- Legitimate Double-Dip? -- Shamed but Unindicted -- Chapter 27: Butler's Banana Republic -- AFSCME Inertia Props Him Up -- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off -- Turkeys Took Priority -- Fast Shuffle on Audit -- Opponent Was Stabbed -- 'Ask the Lawyers' -- Ethnic Divisions -- Chapter 28: Roberts Is Queen of Denial -- Diversionary Tactic -- Peculiar Exclusions -- No Real Difference -- Never Sought Clearance -- Fair Not Her Concern -- Political Winds Turn -- Faint Lobbying -- Loss of Faith -- 'Doesn't Listen Well' -- Chapter 29: Roberts Wins, DC 37 Loses -- A Dramatic Turnabout -- Locals Have a Feuding History -- Winning Ugly -- A Peculiar Inversion -- Hypocrisy on Pay -- A Scurrilous Assertion -- Still Defending Stance -- 'Come to Me for Healing' -- AFSCME Head Skates -- Missed Opportunity -- Chapter 30: Elegy for a Flawed Fighter -- Left Office under Clouds -- Giuliani Roused Battler in Him -- Smelled Vote-Fix -- Butler Scuttled Deal -- Also Helped the Afflicted -- Invisible Attendants -- 'Butler Never Backed Up' -- Became What He Hated -- Chapter 31: Same Old Song for DC 37 -- Delayed Despite Risky Business -- A Clear Double Standard -- A Weekend Surprise.

Suit: 'A Bad-Faith Act' -- Calls Roberts Soft on Allies -- Questioned 300G Dinner -- No Confidence but No Challenge? -- Could Swing Board Majority -- Change of Heart on Democracy -- Delegates Reap Loyalty's Rewards -- An Unearned Honor at Parade -- Part V: The Rise and Fall of a Militant Whose Vision Went Sour -- Chapter 32: Toussaint's Quiet Revolution -- 'A Historic Victory' -- 'Everybody Wanted Out' -- 'Cost Transit, Too' -- Unfair Accident Policy -- 'Bind Members to Jobs' -- Media's Icy Blast -- 'Kept Up Momentum' -- Offered Other Options -- A Surprising Calm -- Chapter 33: The World v. Mr. Toussaint -- Surrounded by Alligators -- Delay Let Opposition Mobilize -- 'Too Many Enemies' -- Claims Alliance Sought -- No Dale Carnegie -- A Source of Envy? -- 'Won't B.S. My Members' -- 'Not Catering to Tribes' -- Sees Hall Calling Shot -- Urges Big-Picture View -- Chapter 34: Hard to Be Toussaint in City -- Going the Wrong Way -- 'Weathered the Storm' -- 'Right Guy to Lead Them' -- No Free-Speech Fanatic -- 'He's No Dictator' -- 'Ended Key Giveups' -- Words Haunted Him -- Trouble down the Road? -- 'Need Faith in Members' -- Can't Strike Next Time -- Will He Reach Out? -- Chapter 35: For Toussaint, Power Is All That's Left -- Sinking into Undistinguished Company -- 'What the Hell Is He Doing?' -- Ally: 'Roger's in Control' -- Still Reeling from Strike Fallout -- 'Convinced Them Not to Vote' -- Smaller Electorate, Bigger Win -- Building Sale Controversies -- Strike Rationale Dubious -- Took the Bait, Then Pulled Back -- Back to Burning Bridges -- Cursing the Darkness -- 'Shut Up' Still Echoes -- Not the Union He Promised -- Chapter 36: What Killed Roger Rebel? A Self-Inflicted Wound -- An Accelerating Descent -- A Fateful Building Sale -- Wrong Time for a War -- A Dare He Couldn't Refuse -- An Exile Comes Home to Roost -- A Way to Disenfranchise.

From Revolutionary to Wheedler.