Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881–1917Cambridge University Press, 28. juni 1998 Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based upon extensive research into labor and political party records, this study demonstrates that, despite the common belief, the AFL devoted great attention to political activity. The organization's main strategy, however, which Julie Greene terms 'pure and simple politics', dictated that trade unionists alone should shape American labor politics. Exploring the period from 1881 to 1917, Pure and Simple Politics focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy which many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve political efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control, as party politicians and other individuals began seeking to influence labor's political strategy and tactics. |
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... labor movement. In the 1890s he argued forcefully, and ultimately successfully, that “party slavery” constituted a major source of tyranny in American life. Seeking to reject partisan commitments, the AFL turned to lobbying. In the ...
... labor movement. In the 1890s he argued forcefully, and ultimately successfully, that “party slavery” constituted a major source of tyranny in American life. Seeking to reject partisan commitments, the AFL turned to lobbying. In the ...
Side 2
... trade union–centered political action that so dramatically distinguishes the case of the United States from labor movements in other countries. It will trace the AFL's approach to electoral politics, its relationship to the party system ...
... trade union–centered political action that so dramatically distinguishes the case of the United States from labor movements in other countries. It will trace the AFL's approach to electoral politics, its relationship to the party system ...
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... trade union movement, or to anti statism,3 or perhaps most commonly to a wholesale rejection of politics. Bruce Laurie writes in his insightful book on nineteenth-century labor, for example, that “Pure and simple unionism scorned social ...
... trade union movement, or to anti statism,3 or perhaps most commonly to a wholesale rejection of politics. Bruce Laurie writes in his insightful book on nineteenth-century labor, for example, that “Pure and simple unionism scorned social ...
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... workers, see Perlman, A Theory of the Labor Movement; and Marc Karson, “The Psychology of Trade Union Membership,” Mental Hygiene, 41, January 1957, 87–93. 13 Examples of works in labor history focusing on politics include Nick ...
... workers, see Perlman, A Theory of the Labor Movement; and Marc Karson, “The Psychology of Trade Union Membership,” Mental Hygiene, 41, January 1957, 87–93. 13 Examples of works in labor history focusing on politics include Nick ...
Side 7
... unions “the right to act politically.” According to Rogin, local and state labor movements broke with the antipolitical orienta- tion of the national AFL leadership. They lobbied actively and pursued a broader spectrum of social ...
... unions “the right to act politically.” According to Rogin, local and state labor movements broke with the antipolitical orienta- tion of the national AFL leadership. They lobbied actively and pursued a broader spectrum of social ...
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PART TWO The Strike at the Ballot Box | 105 |
PART THREE The Retreat from Popular Politics | 215 |
Index | 287 |
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