The Butcher Workmen
The Butcher Workmen

Author: David Brody

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780674089259

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The advance of trade unionism in the early 20th century to a dominant place in the American economy brought a major change in the life of the nation. This is the first book to deal with the process of unionization. Brody presents a detailed study of one industry--meat packing and retailing--with implications that apply to unionization in general.

Black Workers and the New Unions
Black Workers and the New Unions

Author: Horace R. Cayton

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 080787972X

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This is a book for those who want to know what really happens when, in circumstances of enormous complexity and under the impetus of the New Deal, an irresistible drive for labor organization runs head-on into an immovably imbedded race prejudice. It is based on interviews by the authors with those people most intimately concerned. Originally published in 1939. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Work and Community in the Jungle
Work and Community in the Jungle

Author: James R. Barrett

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780252061363

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Looks at unionization efforts by Chicago's packinghouse workers and explores the process of class formation in early twentieth-century industrial America.

The CIO Challenge to the AFL
The CIO Challenge to the AFL

Author: Walter Galenson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13:

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The period immediately preceding World War II was probably the most critical in the history of the American labor movement. Prior to 1936, the trade unions were weak, but by 1941 a fundamental change in power relationships enabled them to penetrate the strongholds of American industry--steel and automobiles. The CIO Challenge to the AFL is a three-part study. It discusses the split in the American Federation of Labor and the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; presents eighteen specific industry or union case studies, each an independent essay in economic history; and, finally, analyzes various general aspects of the labor movement.