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American workers, American unions, the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Robert H. Zieger, Timothy J. Minchin, and Gilbert J. Gall

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American workers, American unions, the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Robert H. Zieger, Timothy J. Minchin, and Gilbert J. Gall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American workers, American unions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

863196562

Responsibility statement

Robert H. Zieger, Timothy J. Minchin, and Gilbert J. Gall

Series statement

American moment

Sub title

the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries

Summary

"Taking into account recent important work on the 1970s and the Reagan revolution, the fourth edition newly considers the stagflation issue, the rise of globalization and big box retailing, the failure of Congress to pass legislation supporting the right of public employees to collective bargaining, the defeat in Congress of legislation to revise the National Labor Relations Act, the emasculation of the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, and the changing dynamics of blue-collar politics"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The new industrial regime -- War, prosperity, and depression, 1914-1933 -- Rebirth of the unions, 1933-1939 -- Labor goes to war, 1939-1945 -- Strikes, politics, radicalism, 1945-1950 -- Affluent workers, stable unions : labor in the postwar decades -- Race, war, politics : labor in the 1960s -- Labor at the close of the twentieth century -- Losing ground : workers and unions since 9/11

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