LEADER 05045nam 2200733 450 001 9910797714303321 005 20210507001333.0 010 $a0-8122-9220-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812292206 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529444 035 $a(EBL)4321869 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001582871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16259258 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001582871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13189705 035 $a(PQKB)10057404 035 $a(OCoLC)933420169 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46655 035 $a(DE-B1597)452772 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812292206 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4321869 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149357 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL877816 035 $a(OCoLC)935259533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321869 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529444 100 $a20160210h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReform or repression $eorganizing America's anti-union movement /$fChad Pearson 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Business, Politics, and Society 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8122-4776-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. Reformers and Fighters: Employers and the Labor Problem --$tChapter 1. Fighting ??Union Dictation??: Birth of the Open-Shop Movement --$tChapter 2. ??For the Protection of the Common People??: Citizens, Progressives, and ??Free Workers?? --$tChapter 3. A Tale of Two Men: Class Traitors and Strikebreaking in Cleveland --$tChapter 4. Avenging McKinley: Organized Employers in Buffalo --$tChapter 5. Making the ??City of Prosperity??: The Poetry of Industrial Harmony in Worcester --$tChapter 6. ??A Solid South for the Open Shop??: N. F. Thompson and the Labor Solution --$tConclusion. Creating the ??Common Good??: Individual Rights, Industrial Progress, and Virtuous Citizenship --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aHistorians have characterized the open-shop movement of the early twentieth century as a cynical attempt by business to undercut the labor movement by twisting the American ideals of independence and self-sufficiency to their own ends. The precursors to today's right-to-work movement, advocates of the open shop in the Progressive Era argued that honest workers should have the right to choose whether or not to join a union free from all pressure. At the same time, business owners systematically prevented unionization in their workplaces. While most scholars portray union opponents as knee-jerk conservatives, Chad Pearson demonstrates that many open-shop proponents identified themselves as progressive reformers and benevolent guardians of America's economic and political institutions. By exploring the ways in which employers and their allies in journalism, law, politics, and religion drew attention to the reformist, rather than repressive, character of the open-shop movement, Pearson's book forces us to consider the origins, character, and limitations of this movement in new ways. Throughout his study, Pearson describes class tensions, noting that open-shop campaigns primarily benefited management and the nation's most economically privileged members at the expense of ordinary people. Pearson's analysis of archives, trade journals, newspapers, speeches, and other primary sources elucidates the mentalities of his subjects and their times, rediscovering forgotten leaders and offering fresh perspectives on well-known figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, Booker T. Washington and George Creel. Reform or Repression sheds light on businessmen who viewed strong urban-based employers' and citizens' associations, weak unions, and managerial benevolence as the key to their own, as well as the nation's, progress and prosperity. 410 0$aAmerican business, politics, and society. 606 $aOpen and closed shop$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aEmployers' associations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aBusiness. 610 $aEconomics. 615 0$aOpen and closed shop$xHistory 615 0$aLabor unions$xHistory 615 0$aEmployers' associations$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial relations$xHistory 676 $a331.88/92097309041 700 $aPearson$b Chad$01539925 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797714303321 996 $aReform or repression$93791136 997 $aUNINA