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AFSCME's Philadelphia Story : Municipal Workers and Urban Power in the Twentieth Century

AFSCME's Philadelphia Story provides the most comprehensive account of the early years of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which is one of the nation's largest and most politically powerful unions in the AFL-CIO. Author Francis Ryan details the emergence of...

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Autor principal: Ryan, Francis, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Ward Politics and Municipal Labor in Philadelphia in the 1920s; 2. The Founding of the Municipal Workers Union; 3. Forging Municipal Unionism in Philadelphia, 1939-1945; 4. The Challenge of Reform, 1946-1952; 5. Working for America's City, 1952-196; 6. The New Militancy in Philadelphia; 7. The Stout Era, 1970-1986; 8. Philadelphia Municipal Workers in a Global Age; Appendix: AFSCME Membership; Notes; Bibliography; Index.