The decline of the once quasi-monopolistic construction unions during the last quarter of the twentieth century was not unique: in the steel, automobile, rubber, clothing, and other industries unions also experienced severe decreases in membership. But unlike industrial unions, the building...

The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how an entirely new...

Ida Altmann-Bronn gehörte zu den prominenten Köpfen der deutschen Gewerkschafts- und proletarischen Frauenbewegung in der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Aufgewachsen in der ostpreußischen Provinz und ausgebildet im russischen St. Petersburg, kam sie 1890 nach Berlin und schloss sich der...