American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935

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American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big differenc...

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Autor principal: Huibregtse, Jon R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class > Political activity.
Social conditions.
Railroads > Employees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Railroads > Employees > Labor unions.
Politics and government.
Economic history.
New Deal, 1933-1939
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
New Deal.
Travailleurs > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs des chemins de fer > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Working class > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Employees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Employees > Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1919-1933.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1918-1932.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 1918-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933.
United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor R.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780813042954

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