Labor under fire : a history of the AFL-CIO since 1979 /

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From the Reagan years to the present, the labour movement has faced a profoundly hostile climate. As America's largest labour federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with severe political and economic headwinds. Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting for programs that benefited mi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Minchin, Timothy J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Sujets:
AFL-CIO > History > 20th century.
AFL-CIO > History > 21st century.
AFL-CIO
1900-2099
Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > United States > History > 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Labor unions
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The roots of decline : the AFL-CIO in the Meany years
  • A new president, and a new decade
  • Kirkland fights back : the 1981 Solidarity Day mass march
  • From solidarity to defeat
  • Defending what we have : survival and decline in Reagan's second term
  • Partial détente : George H.W. Bush and the AFL-CIO
  • He's on our side? : Hope and betrayal in the Clinton years
  • Saying no to the status-quo : the 1995 leadership challenge
  • Big visions and big hopes : the early Sweeney years
  • Our job has never been harder : the Sweeney presidency in the Bush era, 2001-2009
  • Holding on in the Trumka years.

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