02847nam 22006734a 450 991078202820332120230617003219.01-282-73244-797866127324471-59213-785-7(CKB)1000000000522953(EBL)570538(OCoLC)658198299(SSID)ssj0000281225(PQKBManifestationID)11241461(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281225(PQKBWorkID)10300002(PQKB)11007552(MiAaPQ)EBC570538(OCoLC)216947038(MdBmJHUP)muse15396(Au-PeEL)EBL570538(CaPaEBR)ebr10182531(CaONFJC)MIL273244(EXLCZ)99100000000052295320031113d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLabor's time[electronic resource] shorter hours, the UAW, and the struggle for the American unionism /Jonathan CutlerPhiladelphia Temple University Press20041 online resource (252 p.)Labor in crisisDescription based upon print version of record.1-59213-247-2 1-59213-246-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Thirty Hours' Work for Forty Hours' Pay; 2. The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit; 3. The Collapse of Communism; 4. Future Perfect; 5. False Promises; 6. Retreat and Defeat; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe movement for a shorter workweek that once defined the labor movement in the United States was largely displaced by the new corporatist structure of organized labor in the post-New Deal era. Labor's Time examines the changes that occurred within organized labor and traces their influence on the decline of the shorter hours movement. Focusing on the internal union politics of the influential United Automobile Workers and Local 600, its chapter at Henry Ford's massive River Rouge factory, Jonathan Cutler demonstrates how an all-but-forgotten interracial movement for a shorter workLabor in crisis.Hours of laborUnited StatesLabor unionsUnited StatesAutomobile industry workersLabor unionsUnited StatesWorkweekUnited StatesHours of laborLabor unionsAutomobile industry workersLabor unionsWorkweek331.25/7Cutler Jonathan1549092MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782028203321Labor's time3806686UNINA