Discusses the political issues associated with the merger between the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in the U.S. Objectives of the AFL-CIO; Political activity of organized labor; Factors affecting the increasing labor's interest in political...

Labor education is a term of at least two meanings. In a narrow sense it is identical with "workers' education." Caroline Ware in her excellent little book, "Labor Education in Universities," declared the purpose of labor education, in this sense, to be "to enable workers to understand their...

The charge that unions constitute monopolies has been investigated by the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, which has conducted lengthy hearings on this subject. The question is one of great public significance. The substance of this article was presented by the author in an address at...

Focuses on a symposium of essays on labor movement theory in recognition of Professor Selig Perlman's contribution to the study and teaching of industrial and labor relations. Development of labor theory; Functions of labor organizations; Structure of labor movements. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

Explores the role of the Taft-Hartley Act in labor relations in the U.S. Prohibition on industry-wide strikes; Repeal of immunities; Charges of unfair labor practices. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)