03642nam 2200757 a 450 991046436220332120200520144314.00-8130-3854-50-8130-4295-X(CKB)3450000000003112(EBL)1040663(OCoLC)815667426(SSID)ssj0000628034(PQKBManifestationID)11942864(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628034(PQKBWorkID)10710759(PQKB)11520823(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035384(MiAaPQ)EBC1040663(OCoLC)801840946(MdBmJHUP)muse22298(Au-PeEL)EBL1040663(CaPaEBR)ebr10611442(CaONFJC)MIL513087(EXLCZ)99345000000000311220090929d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935[electronic resource] /Jon R. Huibregtse ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy MinchinGainesville University Press of Florida20101 online resource (191 p.)Working in the AmericasDescription based upon print version of record.0-8130-3465-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Railroading prior to World War I -- The Great War and its aftermath -- Grassroots political organization -- The road to political power, 1922-1924 -- The Railroad Labor Act -- Strengthening the Railroad Labor Act -- Railroad retirement and social security -- Railroad unions and labor banks. American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Working in the Americas.RailroadsEmployeesLabor unionsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRailroadsUnited StatesEmployeesHistory20th centuryRailroadsEmployeesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorking classUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorking classPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNew Deal, 1933-1939United StatesEconomic conditions1918-1945United StatesSocial conditions1918-1932United StatesPolitics and government1919-1933Electronic books.RailroadsEmployeesLabor unionsHistoryRailroadsEmployeesHistoryRailroadsEmployeesLegal status, laws, etc.HistoryWorking classHistoryWorking classPolitical activityHistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939.331.88/11385097309042Huibregtse Jon R931818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464362203321American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-19352096011UNINA