Author: Morton S. BaratzPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Union and the Coal Industry
Author: Morton S. BaratzPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The United Mine Workers of America, and the Non-union Coal Fields
Author: Albert Ford HinrichsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal miners
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"It is the purpose of this book to examine the case for and against the extension of the United Mine Workers of America to non-union coal fields." -- Page 9.
Democratic Miners
Author: Perry K. BlatzPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791496864
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Democratic Miners traces the history of work and labor relations in the anthracite coal industry, focusing on conditions that led up to, and followed, the famous strike of 1902. That strike, an epic five-and-a-half-month struggle, led the federal government to intervene in a labor dispute for the first time in American history. Focusing on the workplace, Blatz puts the 1902 strike in the context of a turbulent half-century of labor-management relations. Those years saw the unionization of the anthracite fields under the United Mine Workers of America, amidst an evolving democratic tradition of rank-and-file protest against corporate control, and ironically ended with a growing rift between miners and union leadership. Unlike many books on labor relations, this work concentrates especially on the workers themselves. Working-class as opposed to union history, it contributes greatly to our understanding of working-class formation in the Progressive years.
The United Mine Workers of America and the Non-union Coal Fields
Author: A. F. HinrichsPublisher: New York : Columbia university
ISBN:
Category : Coal miners
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The American Coal Industry 1790-1902, Volume III
Author: Sean Patrick AdamsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040251331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant contributions the America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth century; in doing so they provide a first-hand perspective on the developments in regard to political economy, business structure and competition, the rise of formal trade unions, and the creation of a national coal trade. Although the collection strives to be wide-ranging in region and theme, the Pennsylvania anthracite coal trade forms the thematic backbone as it became the most important American mineral resource to see successful development throughout the nineteenth century and consequently saw unprecedented levels of intervention by the federal government. The texts for this collection were selected for their accessibility to modern readers as well as their relationship to a series of common themes across the nineteenth century American coal industry — with headnotes and annotations provided to explain their context and the reasons for their inclusion.The third volume in this set traces the three decades following the American Civil War, during which time the use of coal for manufacturing, locomotives and domestic heating helped build a dynamic industrial economy in the United States. Mineral fuel growth powered the growth of the nation and by 1885 coal became the single most important source of American energy. Coal mining spread to nearly every corner of the nation in the half-century following the civil war. By the time of the Great Anthracite Strike in 1902, the American coal industry was a truly national phenomenon. The rise of large and well-funded mining and railroad corporations, the national unions, and the inroads by state governments into mine safety
The Coal Miners' Struggle for Industrial Status
Author: The Labor Dispute in the Bituminous Coal Industry
Author: United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Dispute in the Bituminous Coal Industry (1950)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal Strike, U.S., 1950
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Report to the President on the Labor Dispute in the Bituminous Coal Industry
Author: Board of Inquiry on the Labor Dispute in the Bituminous Coal Industry (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal miners
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Where the Sun Never Shines
Author: Priscilla LongPublisher: Paragon House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
What's a Coal Miner to Do?
Author: Keith DixPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822976544
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For more than one hundred years, until the 1920s, coal production involved blasting a seam of coal and loading it by had into a mine car. In the late 1920s, operators introduced machines into the mines, including the coal loader. In this book, Keith Dix explores the impact of technology on miners and operators during a crucial period in industrial history. Dix reconstructs the social, political, technical and economic environment of the "hand-loading" era and then views the evolution of mechanical coal technology, including the inventions of Joseph Joy. He also examines the rise of the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis, and the expanded role of the state under New Deal legislation and regulations.