Labor S Story In The United States

Author : Philip Yale Nicholson
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592132391

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Labor's Story in the United States by Philip Yale Nicholson Pdf

In this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in twenty years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the twentieth century,Labor's Story in the United Stateslooks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. In clear, unpretentious language, Philip Yale Nicholson considers American labor history from the perspective of institutions and people: the rise of unions, the struggles over slavery, wages, and child labor, public and private responses to union organizing. Throughout, the book focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States what it is today.Labor's Story in the United Stateswill become an indispensable source for scholars and students. Author note:Philip Yale Nicholsonis Professor of History at Nassau Community College and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Long Island Extension. He is the author ofWho Do We Think We Are? Race and Nation in the Modern World.

Author : Richard Owen Boyer,Herbert Montfort Morais
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:48273308

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Labor's Untold Story by Richard Owen Boyer,Herbert Montfort Morais Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Labor
ISBN : OSU:32435022130744

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Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Labor and laboring classes
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001612435

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The Workers' Story, 1913-1953 by United States. Department of Labor Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : OCLC:246083252

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The Workers' Story, 1913-1953 by United States. Department of Labor Pdf

Author : Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822575948

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Sweat and Blood by Gloria Skurzynski Pdf

Traces the history of labor unions in the United States, including the first labor strike in Jamestown, the impact of the Great Depression on labor unions, and the challenges unions face today.

Author : Toni Gilpin
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781642590890

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The Long Deep Grudge by Toni Gilpin Pdf

“The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism.” —Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great Strike This rich history details the bitter, deep-rooted conflict between industrial behemoth International Harvester and the uniquely radical Farm Equipment Workers union. The Long Deep Grudge makes clear that class warfare has been, and remains, integral to the American experience, providing up-close-and-personal and long-view perspectives from both sides of the battle lines. International Harvester—and the McCormick family that largely controlled it—garnered a reputation for bare-knuckled union-busting in the 1880s, but in the twentieth century also pioneered sophisticated union-avoidance techniques that have since become standard corporate practice. On the other side the militant Farm Equipment Workers union, connected to the Communist Party, mounted a vociferous challenge to the cooperative ethos that came to define the American labor movement after World War II. This evocative account, stretching back to the nineteenth century and carried through to the present, reads like a novel. Biographical sketches of McCormick family members, union officials and rank-and-file workers are woven into the narrative, along with anarchists, jazz musicians, Wall Street financiers, civil rights crusaders, and mob lawyers. It touches on pivotal moments and movements as wide-ranging as the Haymarket “riot,” the Flint sit-down strikes, the Memorial Day Massacre, the McCarthy-era anti-communist purges, and America’s late twentieth-century industrial decline. “A capitalist family dynasty, a radical union, and a revolution in how and where work gets done—Toni Gilpin’s The Long Deep Grudge is a detailed chronicle of one of the most active battlefronts in our ever-evolving class war.” —John Sayles

Author : Mary Heaton Vorse
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101992019X

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Labor's New Millions by Mary Heaton Vorse Pdf

A gripping account of the struggles of working-class people in America, Labors New Million is a must-read for anybody interested in the history of the labor movement. Through the personal stories of workers, this book provides an intimate portrayal of the harsh economic realities faced by the American proletariat in the early 20th century. Vorse's work is both a poignant social commentary and a call to action for all those who seek to build a fairer and more equal society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Philip Dray
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307389763

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There Is Power in a Union by Philip Dray Pdf

From the nineteenth-century textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for the American bounty has shaped our national experience. In this stirring new history, Philip Dray shows us the vital accomplishments of organized labor and illuminates its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. His epic, character-driven narrative not only restores to our collective memory the indelible story of American labor, it also demonstrates the importance of the fight for fairness and economic democracy, and why that effort remains so urgent today.

Author : Illinois State Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
ISBN : UOM:39015050792038

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Catalogue of the Illinois State Library by Illinois State Library Pdf

Author : Hugh D Hindman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315290836

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Child Labor by Hugh D Hindman Pdf

Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern history, as witnessed by the many high-profile stories on child labor and sweatshops in the media today. This work considers the issue in three parts. The first section discusses child labor as a social and economic problem in America from an historical and theoretical perspective. The second part presents child labor as National Child Labor Committee investigators found it in major American industries and occupations, including coal mines, cotton textile mills, and sweatshops in the early 1900s. Finally, the concluding section integrates these findings and attempts to apply them to child labor problems in America and the rest of the world today.

Author : Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476602721

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Child Labor in America by Chaim M. Rosenberg Pdf

At the close of the 19th century, more than 2 million American children under age 16--some as young as 4 or 5--were employed on farms, in mills, canneries, factories, mines and offices, or selling newspapers and fruits and vegetables on the streets. The crusaders of the Progressive Era believed child labor was an evil that maimed the children, exploited the poor and suppressed adult wages. The child should be in school till age 16, they demanded, in order to become a good citizen. The battle for and against child labor was fought in the press as well as state and federal legislatures. Several federal efforts to ban child labor were struck down by the Supreme Court and an attempt to amend the Constitution to ban child labor failed to gain enough support. It took the Great Depression and New Deal legislation to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (and receive the support of the Supreme Court). This history of American child labor details the extent to which children worked in various industries, the debate over health and social effects, and the long battle with agricultural and industrial interests to curtail the practice.

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781608460991

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The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor by Steve Early Pdf

Trade union leader and journalist Steve Early discusses how to reverse American labour's current decline.

Author : David Montgomery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521280060

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Workers' Control in America by David Montgomery Pdf

A collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US. It describes the development of management techniques and includes discussions of various worker and union responses to unemployment.

Author : Melvyn Dubofsky,Foster Rhea Dulles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Labor
ISBN : 0882959980

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Labor in America by Melvyn Dubofsky,Foster Rhea Dulles Pdf

Even since the last edition of this milestone text was released, union membership in the private sector of the economy has fallen to levels not seen since the 19th century; the forces of economic liberalism (neo-liberalism), capital mobility, and globalisation have affected measurably the material standard of living enjoyed by US workers; and mass immigration from the southern hemisphere and Asia has continued to restructure the domestic labour force -- all of which has been exacerbated by national security policy formed in the shadow of the tragic events of 9/11. Yet even in the face of anti-union legislation and a continuing decline in the number of organised workers, the purpose of this latest book edition -- the powerful and appealing story of the American worker from the colonial workshop to the modern mass-assembly line -- remains the same as that of the 1st edition written more than 50years ago: to enlighten present and future generations of students about the history of work, workers and worker movements in the US, and to encourage them to learn and think about those who built America and those who will shape its future.