02852nam 2200649 a 450 991046186120332120200520144314.01-283-61450-21-4616-3289-79786613926951(CKB)2670000000273611(EBL)1032034(SSID)ssj0000767918(PQKBManifestationID)12345011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000767918(PQKBWorkID)10741785(PQKB)10358601(SSID)ssj0000759128(PQKBManifestationID)12238939(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759128(PQKBWorkID)10782063(PQKB)11255843(MiAaPQ)EBC1032034(Au-PeEL)EBL1032034(CaPaEBR)ebr10607043(CaONFJC)MIL392695(OCoLC)854968908(EXLCZ)99267000000027361120100604d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAFL-CIO's secret war against developing country workers[electronic resource] solidarity or sabotage? /Kim ScipesLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3501-5 0-7391-3502-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-186) and index.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.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.Labor unionsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLabor unions and international relationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Labor unionsHistoryLabor unions and international relationsHistory331.09172/4Scipes Kim953970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461861203321AFL-CIO's secret war against developing country workers2157441UNINA