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Author: Jim Lynch Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 149174118X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
These three, inter-related stories describe the lives of three generations of the McGowan family and their personal battles to make a living by working on the Boston waterfront. The common thread that runs through them is the challenges presented by the shape-up or pick-up system, a procedure that was archaic and rife with favoritism and was the sole determining factor whether you received a salary that day. At a young age, Jim McGowan goes to work as a longshoreman not knowing one end of a ship from the other. Fighting alcoholism, bad companions and family hardship, he strives to make a decent living for his family. Jim's uncle Owen is an immigrant from Ireland in 1920 who finds work on the docks, one of the few jobs available to him. Working alongside veteran longshoremen, he decides to become part of the political establishment in order to improve the working conditions on the docks. Owen's cousin Mike is a seasoned dock worker, content with his life but wanting something better for his children. The Longshoremen details the working conditions and challenges of working on the Boston waterfront and is based on the real-life experiences of longshoreman, author Jim Lynch.
Author: Jim Lynch Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 149174118X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
These three, inter-related stories describe the lives of three generations of the McGowan family and their personal battles to make a living by working on the Boston waterfront. The common thread that runs through them is the challenges presented by the shape-up or pick-up system, a procedure that was archaic and rife with favoritism and was the sole determining factor whether you received a salary that day. At a young age, Jim McGowan goes to work as a longshoreman not knowing one end of a ship from the other. Fighting alcoholism, bad companions and family hardship, he strives to make a decent living for his family. Jim's uncle Owen is an immigrant from Ireland in 1920 who finds work on the docks, one of the few jobs available to him. Working alongside veteran longshoremen, he decides to become part of the political establishment in order to improve the working conditions on the docks. Owen's cousin Mike is a seasoned dock worker, content with his life but wanting something better for his children. The Longshoremen details the working conditions and challenges of working on the Boston waterfront and is based on the real-life experiences of longshoreman, author Jim Lynch.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor Publisher: ISBN: Category : Shipping Languages : en Pages : 486
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Considers S. 2485, to amend Longshoremen's and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act to increase compensation payments and decrease compensation commencement period for workers injured on the job. Includes text of, but does not discuss, S. 1372, to increase compensation under War Hazards Compensation Act.
Author: Bruce Nelson Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252061448 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 386
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With working lives characterized by exploitation and rootlessness, merchant seamen were isolated from mainstream life. Yet their contacts with workers in port cities around the world imbued them with a sense of internationalism. These factors contributed to a subculture that encouraged militancy, spontaneous radicalism, and a syndicalist mood. Bruce Nelson's award-winning book examines the insurgent activity and consciousness of maritime workers during the 1930s. As he shows, merchant seamen and longshoremen on the Pacific Coast made major institutional gains, sustained a lengthy period of activity, and expanded their working-class consciousness. Nelson examines the two major strikes that convulsed the region and caused observers to state that day-to-day labor relations resembled guerilla warfare. He also looks at related activity, from increasing political activism to stoppages to defend laborers from penalties, refusals to load cargos for Mussolini's war in Ethiopia, and forced boardings of German vessels to tear down the swastika.
Author: William J. Mello Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 264
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A superb history of labor on the East Coast waterfront that may be the best account we have, not only of the industry, but of any sector of labor relations. Mello combines a thoroughly researched discussion of the behavior of elites--employers, government, and union officials--with a story of the heroic resistance of rank-and-file dockers to the best laid plans of their adversaries.--Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center. There exists a hidden history of post-World War II New York and East Coast waterfront labor relations. During this era, dockworkers fought an ongoing battle against shipping companies, local police, federal and state political authorities, and their own corrupt union leadership. New York Longshoremen reveals how labor relations on the docks were driven from below by radical and reform rank-and-file movements led by communists, Catholics, and local union leaders. William Mello uncovers this little-known history that depicts the impact of state and local politics and political institutions on the labor movement in postwar America. He looks at power and collective action, as well as institutional and social movements, specifically analyzing the intersection of labor and its impact on political development. Interviews, meticulous examinations of newspaper accounts, official reports, rank-and-file newsletters, and oral histories establish the contours of Mello's work. This rich historical account illustrates how ordinary workers defied the combined powers of elites and sporadically imposed their will on labor relations.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor Publisher: ISBN: Category : Stevedores Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Considers (84) S. 594, (84) S. 1307, (84) S. 1308, (84) S. 1646, (84) S. 2280.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources Publisher: ISBN: Category : Boating industry Languages : en Pages : 484
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor Publisher: ISBN: Category : Stevedores Languages : en Pages : 862
Author: Jim Lynch
Author: Jim Lynch
Author: Charles Brinton Barnes
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor
Author: Bruce Nelson
Author: William J. Mello
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor