Labor's Home Front : the American Federation of Labor during World War II.

One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union locals during World War II. The AFL played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kersten, Andrew E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Temas:
AFL-CIO > History > 20th century.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
AFL-CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
1900-1999
Labor policy > United States > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
Travail > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Labor policy
United States
1940s.
American.
Federation.
actor.
between.
class.
contentious.
history.
labor.
major.
organized.
played.
production.
relationship.
role.
state.
wartime.
which.
working.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Labor's Grave Hour; 1 The Politics of "Equality of Sacrifice": The AFL andWartime Labor Relations; 2 Putting the Shackles on Labor: The AFL and theFight Against the Open Shop; 3 Building Ships for Democracy: The AFL, theBoilermakers, and Wartime Racial Justice inPortland and Providence; 4 "Under the Stress of Necessity": Women and the AFL; 5 Union Against Union: The AFL and CIO Rivalry; 6 Death in the Factories: Worker Safety and the AFL; 7 Planning America's Future: The AFL andPostwar Planning; Epilogue: Labor's Moment; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index; About the Author.

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