Labor's war at home [[electronic resource] ] : the CIO in World War II : with a new introduction by the author / / Nelson Lichtenstein

• Autore: Lichtenstein Nelson
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa., : Temple University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.88/33/097309044
• Soggetto topico: Labor policy - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Originally published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction to the new edition; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Unfinished Struggle; 3. CIO politics on the eve of war; 4. ""Responsible unionism""; 5. Union security and the Little Steel formula; 6. ""Equality of sacrifice""; 7. The social ecology of shop-floor conflict; 8. Incentive pay politics; 9. Holding the line; 10. The bureaucratic imperative; 11. Reconversion politics; 12. Epilogue: Labor in postwar America; Notes; Bibliographical essay; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Labor's War at Home examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Nelson Lichtenstein is concerned both with the internal organizations and social dynamics of the labor movement-especially the Congress of Industrial Organizations-and with the relationship between the CIO, as well as other bodies of organized labor, and the Roosevelt administration. He argues that tensions within the labor movement a
• Titolo autorizzato: Labor's war at home
• ISBN: 1-282-70109-6; 9786612701092; 1-4399-0423-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785066803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Labor in crisis.