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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... established standards . Evidence of this harmony of interest was revealed by the establishment of " mechanics ' societies " during the eighteenth century . Throughout these developments , manufacturing remained essenti- ally a ...
... established standards . Evidence of this harmony of interest was revealed by the establishment of " mechanics ' societies " during the eighteenth century . Throughout these developments , manufacturing remained essenti- ally a ...
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... established by those who came to the colonies as free men . Important as the institution of indentured servitude was to the colonies , it had little influence upon the condition of other forms of colonial labor and no influence upon the ...
... established by those who came to the colonies as free men . Important as the institution of indentured servitude was to the colonies , it had little influence upon the condition of other forms of colonial labor and no influence upon the ...
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... established as running from 5:00 A.M. to 8:00 p.m. for the summer months and from the " spring of the day until night " for the winter . Two and one - half hours were allowed for breakfast , dinner , and drinking . The colony also set ...
... established as running from 5:00 A.M. to 8:00 p.m. for the summer months and from the " spring of the day until night " for the winter . Two and one - half hours were allowed for breakfast , dinner , and drinking . The colony also set ...
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... established by local authorities and in most cases applied only to specific callings . In the Dutch period of New York's history the most common regulation concerned wages and hours of weighhouse and beer porters - both monopolistic ...
... established by local authorities and in most cases applied only to specific callings . In the Dutch period of New York's history the most common regulation concerned wages and hours of weighhouse and beer porters - both monopolistic ...
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... established its bank , which was later destroyed by the Board of Trade . For most of the colonial period labor was content with its small part in political affairs , but in the middle of the eighteenth century its attitude changed ...
... established its bank , which was later destroyed by the Board of Trade . For most of the colonial period labor was content with its small part in political affairs , but in the middle of the eighteenth century its attitude changed ...
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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.