Author: Jennie ChappellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Wait Till it Blooms
Author: Jennie ChappellA History of America in Ten Strikes
Author: Erik LoomisPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620971623
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Recommended by The Nation, the New Republic, Current Affairs, Bustle, In These Times An “entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued” (The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fought to change the balance of power in America “A brilliantly recounted American history through the prism of major labor struggles, with critically important lessons for those who seek a better future for working people and the world.” —Noam Chomsky Powerful and accessible, A History of America in Ten Strikes challenges all of our contemporary assumptions around labor, unions, and American workers. In this brilliant book, labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers' strikes in American labor history that everyone needs to know about (and then provides an annotated list of the 150 most important moments in American labor history in the appendix). From the Lowell Mill Girls strike in the 1830s to Justice for Janitors in 1990, these labor uprisings do not just reflect the times in which they occurred, but speak directly to the present moment. For example, we often think that Lincoln ended slavery by proclaiming the slaves emancipated, but Loomis shows that they freed themselves during the Civil War by simply withdrawing their labor. He shows how the hopes and aspirations of a generation were made into demands at a GM plant in Lordstown in 1972. And he takes us to the forests of the Pacific Northwest in the early nineteenth century where the radical organizers known as the Wobblies made their biggest inroads against the power of bosses. But there were also moments when the movement was crushed by corporations and the government; Loomis helps us understand the present perilous condition of American workers and draws lessons from both the victories and defeats of the past. In crystalline narratives, labor historian Erik Loomis lifts the curtain on workers' struggles, giving us a fresh perspective on American history from the boots up. Strikes include: Lowell Mill Girls Strike (Massachusetts, 1830–40) Slaves on Strike (The Confederacy, 1861–65) The Eight-Hour Day Strikes (Chicago, 1886) The Anthracite Strike (Pennsylvania, 1902) The Bread and Roses Strike (Massachusetts, 1912) The Flint Sit-Down Strike (Michigan, 1937) The Oakland General Strike (California, 1946) Lordstown (Ohio, 1972) Air Traffic Controllers (1981) Justice for Janitors (Los Angeles, 1990)
Annual Report
Author: Amalgamated Society of EngineersPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1166
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Our Journal
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Brass industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Temperance Stories for the Young
Author: Timothy Shay ArthurOur Own Time
Author: David R. RoedigerPublisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860919636
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Our Own Time retells the story of American labor by focusing on the politics of time and the movements for a shorter working day. It argues that the length of the working day has been the central issue for the American labor movement during its most vigorous periods of activity, uniting workers along lines of craft, gender and ethnicity. The authors hold that the workweek is likely again to take on increased significance as workers face the choice between a society based on free time and one based on alienated work and unemployment.
PutsandCalls Striking Price
Author: Vincent Mountjoy-PepkaPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595194737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Puget Sound author Vincent Mountjoy-Pepka returns in this, the fifth episode in his seven-part Puts&Calls thriller. "You'll be rich!"
Machinists' Monthly Journal
Author: The Infant's Magazine
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Children's periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
Author: United States. National Labor Relations BoardPublisher:
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
Book Description