Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. : labor's champion / / Gene Ruffini ; foreword by Theodore W. Kheel
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Ruffini Gene
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| Titolo: |
Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. : labor's champion / / Gene Ruffini ; foreword by Theodore W. Kheel
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.88/092 |
| 331.8809200000 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Labor unions - United States - Officials and employees |
| Labor movement - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Harry Van Arsdale, Jr |
| ISBN: | 1-315-70379-3 |
| 1-317-46891-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955717103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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