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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451896703321

Autore

Kersten Andrew Edmund <1969->

Titolo

Labor's home front [[electronic resource] ] : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8147-4835-X

0-8147-4913-5

1-4356-0037-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

331.880973/09044

Soggetti

Labor policy - United States - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union locals during World War II. The AFL played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940's. The war years are pivotal in the history of American labor, but books on the AFL's experiences are scant, with far more on the radical Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). Andrew E. Kersten closes this gap with Labor's Home Front , challenging