02897oam 2200613I 450 991095571710332120251116235846.01-315-70379-31-317-46891-010.4324/9781315703794 (CKB)3710000000414900(EBL)3569161(SSID)ssj0001537714(PQKBManifestationID)11875817(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001537714(PQKBWorkID)11526214(PQKB)11393043(MiAaPQ)EBC3569161(Au-PeEL)EBL3569161(CaPaEBR)ebr11056305(CaONFJC)MIL787682(OCoLC)929508888(OCoLC)958106870(EXLCZ)99371000000041490020180706e20152003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHarry Van Arsdale, Jr. labor's champion /Gene Ruffini ; foreword by Theodore W. Kheel1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2015, c2003.1 online resource (304 p.)First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-1044-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.""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""A portrait of Harry Von Arsdale Jr (1905-1986), a towering figure in the New York labour scene. As business manager and president of important labour organizations, he advocated and won shorter work days, instituted paid vacation, annuity plans, and educational opportunities for union workers.Labor unionsUnited StatesOfficials and employeesBiographyLabor movementUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLabor unionsOfficials and employeesLabor movementHistory331.88/092331.8809200000Ruffini Gene.1857869MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955717103321Harry Van Arsdale, Jr4458957UNINA