The Making of Western Labor Radicalism
The Making of Western Labor Radicalism

Author: David Thomas Brundage

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780252020759

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In developing his interpretation, Brundage also provides new information and fresh insights on a variety of topics: the role of Irish nationalism in the Knights of Labor, the meanings of working-class temperance, the origins of syndicalist theory, the impact of populism on the working class, and the roots of the trade union-Democratic party alliance that came to dominate the twentieth-century labor movement.

The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat: Union Leadership in the United States, 1870-1920
The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat: Union Leadership in the United States, 1870-1920

Author: Warren R. Van Tine

Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on the historical emergence of the centralized bureaucracy of trade union leadership in the USA from 1870 to 1920 - examines the role of ideologycal and market factors which elevated union leaders to hegemonic positions, and covers employees attitudes, the evolution of the administrative aspects of unions, etc. Bibliography pp. 209 to 221.

Labor Leaders in America
Labor Leaders in America

Author: Melvyn Dubofsky

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780252013430

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Here are the life stories of the men and women who have led the labor movement in America from Reconstruction to recent times, from William H. Sylvis, the first major labor leader, to Cesar Chavez, who organized California's farm workers in the 1960s. All of the chapters have been written expressly for this volume by leading authorities, several of whom are authors of booklength biographies of their subjects. Taken together these readable yet authoritative life studies provide a broad overview of the American labor movement that will appeal to the student and lay reader as well as to the specialist in social history and labor and industrial relations.

State-making and Labor Movements
State-making and Labor Movements

Author: Gerald Friedman

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780801423253

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This study of the evolution of labour movements in the US and France from 1876 to 1914, illuminates the turn to syndicalism in France and craft unionism in the USA, and the impact each form of unionization had on the shaping of the French and the US states.

A David Montgomery Reader
A David Montgomery Reader

Author: David W. Montgomery

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2024-07-09

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0252056795

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A foundational figure in modern labor history, David Montgomery both redefined and reoriented the field. This collection of Montgomery’s most important published and unpublished articles and essays draws from the historian’s entire five-decade career. Taken together, the writings trace the development of Montgomery’s distinct voice and approach while providing a crucial window into an era that changed the ways scholars and the public understood working people’s place in American history. Three overarching themes and methods emerge from these essays: that class provided a rich reservoir of ideas and strategies for workers to build movements aimed at claiming their democratic rights; that capital endured with the power to manage the contours of economic life and the capacities of the state but that workers repeatedly and creatively mounted challenges to the terms of life and work dictated by capital; and that Montgomery’s method grounded his gritty empiricism and the conceptual richness of his analysis in the intimate social relations of production and of community, neighborhood, and family life.

The CIO, 1935-1955
The CIO, 1935-1955

Author: Robert H. Zieger

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 080786644X

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The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) encompassed the largest sustained surge of worker organization in American history. Robert Zieger charts the rise of this industrial union movement, from the founding of the CIO by John L. Lewis in 1935 to its merger under Walter Reuther with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. Exploring themes of race and gender, Zieger combines the institutional history of the CIO with vivid depictions of working-class life in this critical period. Zieger details the ideological conflicts that racked the CIO even as its leaders strove to establish a labor presence at the heart of the U.S. economic system. Stressing the efforts of industrial unionists such as Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray to forge potent instruments of political action, he assesses the CIO's vital role in shaping the postwar political and international order. Zieger's analysis also contributes to current debates over labor law reform, the collective bargaining system, and the role of organized labor in a changing economy.

John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis

Author: Melvyn Dubofsky

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9780252012877

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John L. Lewis (1880-1969), who ruled the United Mine Workers for four decades beginning in 1919, defied presidents, challenged Congress, and kept American political life in an uproar. Drawing upon previously untapped resources in the UMW archives and upon oral histories by major figures of the 1930s and 1940s, the authors have created a remarkable portrait of this 'self-made man' and his times. "This well-illustrated, engagingly-written volume deserves a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of American labor in the twentieth century." -- Labor History

U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part II: Endurance
U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part II: Endurance

Author: Paul Le Blanc

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13: 9004389261

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U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part II: Endurance: The Coming American Revolution is the second of a documentary trilogy on a revolutionary socialist split-off from the U.S. Communist Party, reflecting Leon Trotsky’s confrontation with Stalinism in the global Communist movement. Spanning 1941 to 1956, this volume surveys the Second World War (internationally and on the 'homefront'), the momentous post-war strike wave, ongoing efforts to comprehend and struggle against racism, as well as the early years of the Cold War and anti-Communist repression in the United States. Also covered are internal debates and splits among Trotskyists themselves, including a far-reaching split in the international Trotskyist movement (the Fourth International) in the face of a persistent and expanding Stalinism. Scholars and activists will find much of interest in these primary sources.

Work and Struggle
Work and Struggle

Author: Paul Le Blanc

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-01-26

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 1136852867

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Work and Struggle: Voices from U.S. Labor Radicalism focuses on the history of U.S. labor with an emphasis on radical currents, which have been essential elements in the working-class movement from the mid nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Showcasing some of labor's most important leaders, Work and Struggle offers students and instructors a variety of voices to learn from -- each telling their story through their own words -- through writings, memoirs and speeches, transcribed and introduced here by Paul Le Blanc. This collection of revolutionary voices will inspire anyone interested in the history of labor organizing.

Barons of Labor
Barons of Labor

Author: Michael Kazin

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2022-10-17

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 025205461X

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From the depression of the 1890s through World War I, construction tradesman held an important place in San Francisco's economic, political, and social life. Michael Kazin's award-winning study delves into how the city’s Building Trades Council (BTC) created, accumulated, used, and lost their power. He traces the rise of the BTC into a force that helped govern San Francisco, controlled its potential progress, and articulated an ideology that made sense of the changes sweeping the West and the country. Believing themselves the equals of officeholders and corporate managers, these working and retired craftsmen pursued and protected their own power while challenging conservatives and urban elites for the right to govern. What emerges is a long-overdue look at building trades as a force in labor history within the dramatic story of how the city's 25,000 building workers exercised power on the job site and within the halls of government, until the forces of reaction all but destroyed the BTC.