LEADER 03784nam 22005893 450 001 9910838332203321 005 20231114174430.0 010 $a9780252053887$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9780252086922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30203964 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30203964 035 $a(OCoLC)1373985377 035 $a(BIP)083457093 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926285331600041 100 $a20230322d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe bosses' union $ehow employers organized to fight labor before the New Deal /$fVilja Hulden 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aUrbana :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (407 pages) 225 1 $aThe working class in American history 311 08$aPrint version: Hulden, Vilja The Bosses' Union Champaign : University of Illinois Press,c2023 9780252086922 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Who Makes the Rules? -- 1. The Invention of the Closed Shop: The NAM Weighs In on the Labor Question -- 2. The Deep History of the Closed or Union Shop -- 3. The Potential and Limitations of the Trade Agreement -- 4. The Range and Roots of Employer Positions on Labor -- 5. Employers, Unite? The Bases and Challenges of Employer Collective Action -- 6. The Battle over the State -- 7. The Battle over Public Opinion -- 8. Defending the Status Quo Ante Bellum -- 9. The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Institutionalizing the Open-Shop Ideal in the 1920s -- Coda: The Working Class and the Prerequites of Power 330 8 $a"From the 1880s through the 1920s, American labor endured an ongoing assault on worker's rights by open shop campaigns organized by employers. Vilja Hulden delves into the decades-long effort to not only counter but discredit labor's attempts to exercise its own power. The employer-invented term closed shop was a potent rhetorical tool that shifted public opinion from concerns about inequality and dangerous working conditions to a belief that unions trampled an individual's right to work. As Hulden shows, employers used different methods to conduct closed-shop campaigns. Conciliators assumed a pose of benevolent cooperation while hardliners like the National Association of Manufacturers condemned the closed shop and used financial and social networks to lobby government, purchase newspaper space, and place sympathizers in politics. Employers did not always get what they wanted. But their superior ability to exercise power strengthened an anti-labor agenda that showed a remarkable consistency in its tactics and goals over a fifty-year period"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWorking Class in American History 606 $aLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aOpen and closed shop$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aOpen and closed shop$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIndustrial relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aLabor unions$xHistory 615 0$aLabor unions$xHistory 615 0$aOpen and closed shop$xHistory 615 0$aOpen and closed shop$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial relations$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial relations$xHistory 676 $a331.880973 700 $aHulden$b Vilja$f1977-$01347468 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOTUIRN 912 $a9910838332203321 996 $aThe Bosses' Union$93083763 997 $aUNINA