LEADER 04408nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910827476403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-2468-X 010 $a0-8122-0923-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812209235 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418195 035 $a(OCoLC)857740164 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748450 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11628649 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042203 035 $a(PQKB)10653283 035 $a(OCoLC)867740298 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27238 035 $a(DE-B1597)449786 035 $a(OCoLC)922641154 035 $a(OCoLC)999354082 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812209235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442073 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748450 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682637 035 $a(iGPub)CSPLUS0004391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442073 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418195 100 $a20130320d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe employee $ea political history /$fJean-Christian Vinel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 225 0$aPolitics and culture in modern America 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51355-4 311 $a0-8122-4524-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tINTRODUCTION. "A Man Can't Serve Two Masters" --$tPART I. The Struggle for Harmony --$tCHAPTER 1. The "Employé" --$tCHAPTER 2. Struggling Against Class --$tCHAPTER 3. The Sociology of Harmony --$tPART II. The Battle for Loyalty --$tCHAPTER 4. Is a Foreman a Worker? --$tCHAPTER 5. The Other Side of Industrial Pluralism --$tCHAPTER 6. Loyalty Ascendant --$tCHAPTER 7. The Wages of Textualism --$tEPILOGUE. Looking for Respect --$tNotes --$tIndex of Cases --$tGeneral Index --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn the present age of temp work, telecommuting, and outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find themselves excluded from the category of "employee"-a crucial distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective bargaining. Tracing the history of the term since its entry into the public lexicon in the nineteenth century, Jean-Christian Vinel demonstrates that the legal definition of "employee" has always been politically contested and deeply affected by competing claims on the part of business and labor. Unique in the Western world, American labor law is premised on the notion that "no man can serve two masters"-workers owe loyalty to their employer, which in many cases is incompatible with union membership. The Employee: A Political History historicizes this American exception to international standards of rights and liberties at work, revealing a little known part of the business struggle against the New Deal. Early on, progressives and liberals developed a labor regime that, intending to restore amicable relations between employer and employee, sought to include as many workers as possible in the latter category. But in the 1940's this language of social harmony met with increasing resistance from businessmen, who pressed their interests in Congress and the federal courts, pushing for an ever-narrower definition of "employee" that excluded groups such as foremen, supervisors, and knowledge workers. A cultural and political history of American business and law, The Employee sheds historical light on contemporary struggles for economic democracy and political power in the workplace. 410 0$aPolitics and culture in modern America. 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial relations$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a331.110973 700 $aVinel$b Jean-Christian$01203573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827476403321 996 $aThe employee$94051668 997 $aUNINA