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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460306803321

Autore

Ruffini Gene

Titolo

Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. : labor's champion / / Gene Ruffini ; foreword by Theodore W. Kheel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015, c2003

ISBN

1-315-70379-3

1-317-46891-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

331.88/092

Soggetti

Labor unions - United States - Officials and employees

Labor movement - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""A Tribute ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""1. From the Revolutionary War to Hell's Kitchen""; ""2. Making His Mark: Early Struggles in Local Union 3""; ""3. A Fight to the Top""; ""4. Dealing with the New Deal""; ""5. Growing Pains""; ""6. Battles on Many Fronts""; ""7. America at War""; ""8. The Working Man and Woman: Learning and Compassion""; ""Photographs""; ""9. ""Mister Labor""""; ""10. United Federation of Teachers and the Brotherhood Party""

""11. Troubleshooting Here and Abroad""""12. Van Arsdale at the Wheel""; ""13. A Wider Garden to Tend""; ""14. The Kid Goes Down Fighting""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index ""; ""About the Author""