History of American LaborSimon and Schuster, 30. juni 2008 - 504 sider Joseph Rayback’s updated and comprehensive history of the American labor movement. Considered to be a foundational text for any readers interested in learning the important role of American labor union history, The History of American Labor delves into the history of labor in America from the colonial days until the mid-1950's. |
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... Congress be called to discuss the problem . Although the Sons of Liberty de- nounced the suggestion as dilatory , they accepted it and promptly began an intensive campaign to win control of the Congress . In New England they had little ...
... Congress be called to discuss the problem . Although the Sons of Liberty de- nounced the suggestion as dilatory , they accepted it and promptly began an intensive campaign to win control of the Congress . In New England they had little ...
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... Congress . When the delegates gathered at Philadelphia , a majority revealed a tendency toward moderation and negotiation of differences . Yet for several reasons the Congress ul- timately adopted a radical program . At the time of the ...
... Congress . When the delegates gathered at Philadelphia , a majority revealed a tendency toward moderation and negotiation of differences . Yet for several reasons the Congress ul- timately adopted a radical program . At the time of the ...
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... Congress could hardly strain at the gnat of nonintercourse . By their subsequent actions the delegates wrote the program of the Sons of Liberty into a platform for all the colonies . In the " Declaration and Resolves " they protested ...
... Congress could hardly strain at the gnat of nonintercourse . By their subsequent actions the delegates wrote the program of the Sons of Liberty into a platform for all the colonies . In the " Declaration and Resolves " they protested ...
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... Congress and to break off relations with the royal governor , William Tryon . When New York City's “ radicals ” began to agitate the question of independence late in 1775 , the as- sembly studiously ignored the clamor , even refusing to ...
... Congress and to break off relations with the royal governor , William Tryon . When New York City's “ radicals ” began to agitate the question of independence late in 1775 , the as- sembly studiously ignored the clamor , even refusing to ...
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The First Trade Unions and Labor Parties | 54 |
The Jackson PeriodLocofocoism | 75 |
The Labor Radicals | 226 |
The Federations Revival | 250 |
Progressive Labor Legislation | 260 |
TradeUnion Success | 273 |
The Attack on the Radicals | 280 |
A Decade of Decline | 290 |
The Impact of the Great Depression | 313 |
Labors New Deal | 320 |
The TenHour Day and Social Reform | 92 |
Pure and Simple UnionismSteps Toward Nationalization | 103 |
The Depression of 1873 | 129 |
The Knights of Labor and Their RivalsHaymarket | 142 |
The End of an Era | 168 |
The Modern | 185 |
The Triumph of the Machine | 187 |
The A F L s First DecadeHomestead and Pullman | 194 |
Advance and Regression | 207 |
The Rise of the C I O | 346 |
Political Action and Jurisdictional Warfare | 356 |
Labor and the Second World War | 373 |
The Truman Administration | 387 |
The Eisenhower Years | 413 |
Since 1960 | 443 |
Bibliography | 463 |
Index | 479 |
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Side 211 - The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for— not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God in His infinite wisdom has given the control of the property interests of the country, and upon the successful Management of which so much depends.
Side 319 - ... full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his employment, and that he shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, In the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection...
Side 368 - It ill behooves one who has supped at labor's table and who has been sheltered in labor's house to curse with equal fervor and fine impartiality both labor and its adversaries when they become locked in deadly embrace.
Side 56 - A combination of workmen to raise their wages may be considered in a twofold point of view : one is ,to benefit themselves, the other is to injure those who do not join their society. The rule of law condemns both.
Side 197 - The collective ownership by the people of all means of production and distribution.
Side 211 - I do not know who you are. I see that you are a religious man; but you are evidently biased in favor of the right of the working man to control a business in which he has no other interest than to secure fair wages for the work he does.