Labor in America : a history

XI, 479 S.

Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Colonial America -- Life and labor in the colonies -- Workers, politics, and revolution -- The First unions -- Early unions -- Law vs. labor -- Growth of labor organization -- The Workingmen's parties -- Leadership -- Political action -- Labor strength in the 1830s -- Union growth -- A National labor movement? -- An Urge to strike -- An Employer counterattack -- The National Trades Union -- The Decline of unionism -- The Impact of industrialism -- Industrialism, technological change, and reform -- Rebuilding a union movement -- Toward national organization -- The National Labor Union -- The NLU and social reform -- Depression and union decline -- An Era of upheaval -- Unrest and conflict -- The Great railroad strikes -- The Haymarket Riot -- The Rise and decline of the Knights of Labor -- Origins of the Knights of Labor -- The Rise of the Knights -- The Decline of the Knights -- The American Federation of Labor -- Triumph of business union -- Samuel Gompers and the new unionism -- Emergence of the AFL -- AFL principles and policies -- Homestead and Pullman -- The Great Pullman strike and boycott -- Labor, populism, and socialism -- Labor in ebb tide -- The Progressive era -- Employers and unions : a new understanding -- The Anthracite Coal Strike, 1902 -- Employers fight back -- AFL and political action -- Organizing immigrant workers -- Thunder on the Left -- The Wobblies -- The Spirit of the IWW -- The Lawrence strike -- Repressing the IWW, 1913-1919 -- The Meaning of the WWI -- The First World War and after -- Postwar labor upheaval -- Year of strikes, 1919 -- Labor militancy -- Labor in retreat -- The American plan and the open shop -- Welfare capitalism -- Labor and insurgent politics -- The AFL after Gompers -- The Demoralization of organized labor -- The New Deal -- Section 7(a) -- A New unionism and its limits -- The Wagner Act -- The New Deal political order -- The Rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations -- John L. Lewis and the CIO -- The Impact of the CIO -- Labor and politics -- War, Lewis, and the election of 1940 -- The Second World War -- The National War Labor Board -- The 1945-1946 strike wave -- A New industrial relations system -- From Taft-Hartley to the merger of the AFL and the CIO -- Labor, Taft-Hartley, and politics -- A United labor movement -- AFL-CIO : a "sleepy monopoly" -- Disappointed hopes -- Labor's decline -- Corruption, politics, and labor's travail -- Race, war, and agricultural workers -- A Satisfied labor movement -- Hard times : workers and unions, 1973-1992 -- An End to economic growth? -- Restructuring the labor force -- The Rise of public employee unionism -- Labor and politics -- The Crisis of unionism -- Lane Kirkland and dashed hopes -- Union troubles in mass-production industries -- Deregulation and union decline in transportation -- A Mixed bag -- A New labor-Left alliance -- A Dim future for labor? -- Hope and despair : workers and unions since 1993 -- Labor and politics -- A New unionism -- Hard and dangerous work -- A New war economy -- Toward an unequal society -- The Wal-Mart effect -- Labor's travails cause dissension -- Triumph and tribulation -- Whither labor?

Colonial America -- Life and labor in the colonies -- Workers, politics, and revolution -- The first unions -- Early unions -- Law vs. labor -- Growth of labor organization -- The workingmen's parties -- Leadership -- Political action -- Labor strength in the 1830s -- Union growth -- A national labor movement? -- An urge to strike -- An employer counterattack -- The National Trades Union -- The decline of unionism -- The impact of industrialism -- Industrialism, technological change, and reform -- Rebuilding a union movement -- Toward national organization -- The National Labor Union -- The NLU and social reform -- Depression and union decline -- An era of upheaval -- Unrest and conflict -- The great railroad strikes -- The Haymarket Riot -- The rise and decline of the Knights of Labor -- Origins of the Knights of Labor -- The rise of the Knights -- The decline of the Knights -- The American Federation of Labor -- Triumph of business union -- Samuel Gompers and the new unionism -- Emergence of the AFL -- AFL principles and policies -- Homestead and Pullman -- The great Pullman strike and boycott -- Labor, populism, and socialism -- Labor in ebb tide -- The progressive era -- Employers and unions : a new understanding -- The Anthracite Coal Strike, 1902 -- Employers fight back -- AFL and political action -- Organizing immigrant workers -- Thunder on the Left -- The Wobblies -- The spirit of the IWW -- The Lawrence strike -- Repressing the IWW, 1913-1919 -- The meaning of the WWI -- The First World War and after -- Postwar labor upheaval -- Year of strikes, 1919 -- Labor militancy -- Labor in retreat -- The American plan and the open shop -- Welfare capitalism -- Labor and insurgent politics -- The AFL after Gompers -- The demoralization of organized labor -- The New Deal -- Section 7(a) -- A new unionism and its limits -- The Wagner Act -- The New Deal political order -- The rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations -- John L. Lewis and the CIO -- The impact of the CIO -- Labor and politics -- War, Lewis, and the election of 1940 -- The Second World War -- The National War Labor Board -- The 1945-1946 strike wave -- A new industrial relations system -- From Taft-Hartley to the merger of the AFL and the CIO -- Labor, Taft-Hartley, and politics -- A united labor movement -- AFL-CIO : a "sleepy monopoly" -- Disappointed hopes -- Labor's decline -- Corruption, politics, and labor's travail -- Race, war, and agricultural workers -- A satisfied labor movement -- Hard times : workers and unions, 1973-1992 -- An end to economic growth? -- Restructuring the labor force -- The rise of public employee unionism -- Labor and politics -- The crisis of unionism -- Lane Kirkland and dashed hopes -- Union troubles in mass-production industries -- Deregulation and union decline in transportation -- A mixed bag -- A new labor-Left alliance -- A dim future for labor? -- Hope and despair : workers and unions since 1993 -- Labor and politics -- A new unionism -- Hard and dangerous work -- A new war economy -- Toward an unequal society -- The Wal-Mart effect -- Labor's travails cause dissension -- Triumph and tribulation -- Whither labor?

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