Labor's home front : the American Federation of Labor during World War II

Andrew E. Kersten; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye

One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union locals during World War II. The AFL played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. The war years are pivotal in the history of American labor, but books on the AFL's experiences are scant, with far more on the radical Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). Andrew E. Kersten closes this gap with Labor's Home Front , challengi

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Year of publication:	c2006
Authors:	Kersten, Andrew Edmund
Publisher:	New York : New York University Press
Subject:	Arbeitsbeziehungen \| Employment relations \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Kriegswirtschaft \| War economy \| Gewerkschaftspolitik \| Union behaviour
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xiii, 274 p) ill 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-267) and index Contents; Preface: Labor's Grave Hour; 1 The Politics of "Equality of Sacrifice": The AFL andWartime Labor Relations; 2 Putting the Shackles on Labor: The AFL and theFight Against the Open Shop; 3 Building Ships for Democracy: The AFL, theBoilermakers, and Wartime Racial Justice inPortland and Providence; 4 "Under the Stress of Necessity": Women and the AFL; 5 Union Against Union: The AFL and CIO Rivalry; 6 Death in the Factories: Worker Safety and the AFL; 7 Planning America's Future: The AFL andPostwar Planning; Epilogue: Labor's Moment; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index; About the Author Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-0-8147-4786-5 ; 0-8147-4786-8 ; 978-0-8147-4786-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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