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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461861203321

Autore

Scipes Kim

Titolo

AFL-CIO's secret war against developing country workers [[electronic resource] ] : solidarity or sabotage? / / Kim Scipes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

1-283-61450-2

1-4616-3289-7

9786613926951

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

331.09172/4

Soggetti

Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century

Labor unions and international relations - United States - History - 20th century

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. 155-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Business unionism, Samuel Gompers and AFL foreign policy -- One hundred years of reaction : from Gompers to Sweeney -- War within labor : the struggle to build international labor solidarity -- The U.S. government and labor -- Conclusions, some ramifications, and effects on sociological theory.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the themes of imperialism and empire from the perspective of the foreign policy program of organized labor in the United States. It details efforts to make real popular democracy within Labor. The author calls for American workers to join the global movement for economic and social justice and to extend globalization from 'below' against the values and activities of the top-down and destructive military-corporate globalization that has been sweeping the world for years.