Labor's home front : the American Federation of Labor during World War II /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University 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.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor policy.
United States.
1940s.
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class.
contentious.
history.
labor.
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organized.
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production.
relationship.
role.
state.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations
  • Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop
  • Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence
  • "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL
  • Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry
  • Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL
  • Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.

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