Author : Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780717806522
Labor and the Red Scare; Seattle and Winnipeg general strikes; Boston telephone and police strikes; Streetcar strikes in Chicago, Denver, Knoxville, Kansas City; strikes in clothing, textile, coal and steel; The open-shop drive; Strikes and Black-white relationships; the AFL and the Black worker; the IWW; Communist Party founded; Political action 1918-1920.
Author : Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 17,24 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
(Trade Union Educational League) to the end of the Gompers era. Strikes in N.E. textile, San Pedro IWW strike; Women workers; The TUEL formed; RR struggles, Machinists and Carpenters, Miners, Fur Workers, ILGWU, Amalgamated Clothing and Millinery workers; Labor and the Soviet Union; Independent political action; End of Gompers Era of AFL.
Author : John Rogers Commons
Publisher :
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 42,66 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Labor
ISBN :
Author : Joseph G. Rayback
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 143911899X
Joseph Rayback’s history of the American labor movement. A compact and comprehensive chronicle of where labor has been and where it is today.
Author : Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This book brings Foner's monumental history of United States Labor to the eve of America's entrance into World War I.
Author : William E. Forbath
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674037081
Why did American workers, unlike their European counterparts, fail to forge a class-based movement to pursue broad social reform? Was it simply that they lacked class consciousness and were more interested in personal mobility? In a richly detailed survey of labor law and labor history, William Forbath challenges this notion of American “individualism.” In fact, he argues, the nineteenth-century American labor movement was much like Europe’s labor movements in its social and political outlook, but in the decades around the turn of the century, the prevailing attitude of American trade unionists changed. Forbath shows that, over time, struggles with the courts and the legal order were crucial to reshaping labor’s outlook, driving the labor movement to temper its radical goals.
Author : G. William Domhoff
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.
Author : William E. Scheuerman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1438485506
The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement, William Scheuerman analyzes how the decline of unions and the emergence of these new direct-action movements are reshaping the American labor movement. Tens of thousands of exploited workers—from farm laborers and gig drivers to freelance artists and restaurant workers—have taken to the streets in a collective attempt to attain a living wage and decent working conditions, with or without the help of unions. This new worker militancy, expressed through mass demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins, political action, and similar activities, has already achieved much success and offers models for workers to exercise their power in the twenty-first century. Finally, Scheuerman notes, many of the strategies of the new direct-action groups share features with the sectoral bargaining model that dominates the European labor movement, suggesting that sectoral bargaining may become the foundation of a new American labor movement.
Author : Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN :
Author : Melvyn Dubofsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2024-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 139420826X
The gold standard of American labor history references, updated to include the latest political, social, and economic developments of the 2020s Labor in America: A History, Tenth Edition, is a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the U.S. labor movement from the colonial era to the 2020s. Authors Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph A. McCartin have expanded and updated their landmark text, incorporating significant recent events and their implications for American labor. The book addresses the continuing and evolving challenges faced by American workers, critical developments in U.S. labor history, the impact of economic and political changes, and more. Dubofsky and McCartin offer nuanced analyses of workers’ collective actions, the formation of unions, and the role of labor in shaping American society. They provide a rich historical context and a detailed narrative of labor history for students, scholars, and laypersons alike. The authors also explain the likely impact of major contemporary trends on workers, including the rise of the gig economy, and discuss the most critical influences on modern U.S. labor. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history and future of labor in the United States, Labor in America: A History will undoubtedly remain the gold standard in the field for years to come.
