The miners of Windber : the struggles of new immigrants for unionization, 1890s-1930s /

Their history suggests some of the possibilities and limitations, strengths and weaknesses, of worker protest in the early twentieth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beik, Mildred A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Coal miners > Pennsylvania > Windber > History.
Foreign workers > Pennsylvania > Windber > History.
Coal miners > Labor unions > Pennsylvania > Windber > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Coal miners.
Coal miners > Labor unions.
Foreign workers.
Pennsylvania > Windber.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Structure and Society
  • 1. From Berwind to Windber
  • The Setting
  • The Relative Significance of Windber-Area Production
  • History of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
  • Defining ""Windber
  • Buying Up Lands
  • Railroad, Coal, and Timber Interests
  • Mine Development and Construction
  • Town Structure and Borough Status
  • 2. From Europe to Windber
  • Initial Operations
  • The Size and Foreign Character of the Population
  • The Breakdown of the Foreign-Born Population
  • Provincial Origins and Their Significance
  • Regional Social and Economic Conditions
  • A Profile of the Immigrant Populations
  • 3. The Work of Mining
  • Ethnic and Racial Hierarchies in Town Occupations
  • Labor Recruitment and Ethnic Policies
  • The Work of Mining: Job Classifications
  • Superintendents, Foremen, and Assistant Foreman
  • Ethnic Cluster and Hierarchies
  • Previous Expericence, Discipline, and Steady Work
  • Hours and Working Conditions
  • Accidents, Safety, and Worker Compensation
  • Training and Child Labor
  • Machinery and Reorganization of Work
  • 4. Women's Work
  • Scarcity of Women and Female Employment Opportunities
  • The Importance of the Boarding System
  • The Significance of Female Labor
  • 5. Ethnic Communities and Class
  • The Importance of the National Parish
  • The Importance of Fraternal Societies
  • The Limits of New Immigrant Ethnic Conflicts
  • Berwind-White's Role
  • The Problem of Ethnic Leadership
  • Part Two: Struggles and Strikes
  • 6. First Stirrings
  • The United Mine Workers of America
  • Berwind-White and Collective Bargaining
  • The Rebuilding of District 2
  • Formation and Demise of an Ephemeral Local
  • The Failure of Organizing ""From Above
  • The Anomaly of Windber's Position in the District
  • 7. Friends and Enemies
  • The Nativist Context
  • The Limits of Nativism
  • The YMCA Experiment
  • An Unexpected Alliance
  • The Weakness of Independent Business
  • The Tyranny of the Company Store
  • 8. The Strike of 1906
  • Background
  • The Strike in Windber Early Phase, April 2 to April 15
  • The Windber Massacre of April 16, 1906
  • The Windber Strike: Final Phase
  • Spies and Factionalism
  • 9. Rising Expectations
  • The War's Immediate Impact and Early War Years
  • The Revival of Organized Labor
  • The Government, Berwind-White, and District 2
  • Getting Windber ""Free for Democracy
  • The Citizens' Association and Miner Initiatives
  • Postwar Militancy and the Red Scare
  • 10. The Strike of 1922
  • Conjuncture of April 1922
  • On Strike with the National
  • Carrying On Alone
  • 11. The Long Depression and the New Deal
  • Nativism Again
  • The Aftermath of 1922
  • The Strike of 1927
  • The Limits of Politics and Protest
  • The New Deal
  • 12. The Achievements and Limits of Worker Protest
  • Epilogue

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