Struggling with "Iowa's pride" : labor relations, unionism, and politics in the rural Midwest since 1877 /

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Recognized between 1880 and 1910 by its trademark label "Iowa's Pride," John Morrell and Company is best known for contributing one of the most important local unions to the progressive United Packinghouse Workers of America. During the 1930s and 1940s, its members pursued a militant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warren, Wilson J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2000.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Democratic Party (Iowa) > History.
John Morrell & Co. > Employees > History.
United Packinghouse Workers of America > History.
Democratic Party (Iowa)
John Morrell & Co.
United Packinghouse Workers of America.
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Packing-house workers > Labor unions > Iowa > Ottumwa > History.
Conserveries de viande > Personnel > Syndicats > Iowa > Ottumwa > Histoire.
HISTORY / General
Employees
Packing-house workers > Labor unions
Politics and government
Iowa > Politics and government.
Iowa
Iowa > Ottumwa
"Multi-User"
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Company Town, Packing Community, Labor Relations, and Politics; 2. Evangelical Paternalism and Divided Workers:The Nonunion Era, 1877-1917; 3. The Welfare Capitalism of John Morrell, 1917-1937; 4. Building a "Live, Wide Awake Union": The Creation of Militant Unionism, 1933-1945; 5. The Erosion of Militant Unionism, 1946-1963; 6. Local 1's Unionism and the Transformation of Iowa's Politics, 1939-1970; 7. Fallout from the "Grudge Operation": The Morrell Plant's Closing and Its Aftermath; 8. The Legacy of Militant Unionism; Notes; Index.

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