Responsibilities of the labor historian -- The future of the labor movement in historical perspective -- Labor's institutional sources of expansion and contraction -- Section 8a(2) and the origins of the Wagner act -- World War I and industrial democracy; or, why we have no works councils in...

The militant minority in the St. Louis electrical industry and the political economy of control, 1900-1935 -- A vision of unionism takes shape, 1900-1935 -- "Human rights over property rights" : forging leftist unionism in District 8 -- "This 'Red' gave them a run for their money" : backlash and...

"As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers...

In the Wake of Pearl Harbor -- George Taylor and the War Labor Board, 1942-56 -- On Top of the World, 1946-56 -- Down-to-Earth Utopians -- War and Peace in Steel, 1959-72 -- When the Meek Began to Roar: Public Employee Unionism in the 1960s -- "How Can We Avoid a Columbia?" The Student Revolt,...

"From the 1880s through the 1920s, American labor endured an ongoing assault on worker's rights by open shop campaigns organized by employers. Vilja Hulden delves into the decades-long effort to not only counter but discredit labor's attempts to exercise its own power. The employer-invented term...