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The last great strike : Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America / / Ahmed White



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Autore: White Ahmed <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The last great strike : Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America / / Ahmed White Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
Disciplina: 331.892/8691097309043
Soggetto topico: Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937
Iron and steel workers - Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century
New Deal, 1933-1939
Soggetto geografico: United States History 1933-1945
Soggetto non controllato: 1930s labor disputes
20th century america
20th century labor movement
american history
american steel
capitalism
deadly labor disputes
depression era labor
industrial labor movements
industrial labor
labor history
labor organization
labor rights
labor riots
labor strikes of the 1930s
labor studies
last great strike
last major strike in america
little steel strike
little steel
new deal reforms
social history
steel industry
union history
union rights
united steel workers
us labor movement
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: LABOR, LITTLE STEEL , AND THE NEW DEAL -- 1. Like a Penitentiary: STEEL AND THE ORIGINS OF THE OPEN SHOP -- 2. They Should Honor Us: WORK AND CONFLICT IN THE OPEN SHOP ERA -- 3. Sure, We Have Guns: THE OPEN SHOP IN THE DEPRESSION ERA -- 4. I Never Gave That Guy Nothin': THE NEW DEAL AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LABOR RELATIONS -- 5. To Banish Fear: THE CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE STEEL -- 6. The Spirit of Unrest: FROM STALEMATE TO WALKOUT -- 7. In the Name of the People: THE INCIDENT ON MEMORIAL DAY -- 8. What Had to Be Done: THE STRUGGLE AT THE MILL GATES -- 9. A Change of Heart: CORPORATE POWER AND NEW DEAL STRIKEBREAKING -- 10. Let's Bust Them Up: LAST STRUGGLES AND DEFEAT -- 11. A Steel Strike Is Not a Picnic. THE ANATOMY OF FAILURE -- 12. Kind of a Victory: NEW DEAL LABOR LAW ON TRIAL -- 13. Unreconciled: WAR, VICTORY, AND THE LEGACIES OF DEFEAT -- Conclusion: THESE THINGS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO US -- Appendix -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. For two months a grinding struggle unfolded, punctuated by bloody clashes in which police, company agents, and National Guardsmen ruthlessly beat and shot unionists. At least sixteen died and hundreds more were injured before the strike ended in failure. The violence and brutality of the Little Steel Strike became legendary. In many ways it was the last great strike in modern America. Traditionally the Little Steel Strike has been understood as a modest setback for steel workers, one that actually confirmed the potency of New Deal reforms and did little to impede the progress of the labor movement. However, The Last Great Strike tells a different story about the conflict and its significance for unions and labor rights. More than any other strike, it laid bare the contradictions of the industrial labor movement, the resilience of corporate power, and the limits of New Deal liberalism at a crucial time in American history.
Titolo autorizzato: The last great strike  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-96101-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818109503321
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