Representation and Rebellion : The Rockefeller Plan at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1914-1942 /

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In response to the tragedy of the Ludlow Massacre, John D. Rockefeller Jr. introduced one of the nation's first employee representation plans (ERPs) to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in 1915. With the advice of William Mackenzie King, who would go on to become prime minister of Canada, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rees, Jonathan, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company > Management > History.
Steel industry and trade > Management > Employee participation.
Management.
Industrial relations.
Relations industrielles > Colorado > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Steel industry and trade > Management > Employee participation > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Industrial relations > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Colorado.
History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:In response to the tragedy of the Ludlow Massacre, John D. Rockefeller Jr. introduced one of the nation's first employee representation plans (ERPs) to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in 1915. With the advice of William Mackenzie King, who would go on to become prime minister of Canada, the plan - which came to be known as the Rockefeller Plan - was in use until 1942 and became the model for ERPs all over the world. In Representation and Rebellion Jonathan Rees uses a variety of primary sources - including records recently discovered at the company's former headquarters in Pueblo, Colorado.
Physical Description:1 online resource (347 pages).
ISBN:9781607320401

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