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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Side vii
... period after the Civil War . I therefore gave more than usual atten- tion to earlier developments : the colonial labor systems , the role of labor in the American Revolution , the early labor associations , and the pre - Civil War ...
... period after the Civil War . I therefore gave more than usual atten- tion to earlier developments : the colonial labor systems , the role of labor in the American Revolution , the early labor associations , and the pre - Civil War ...
Side ix
... Period - Locofocoism 75 VIII . The Ten - Hour Day and Social Reform 92 IX . " Pure and Simple ” Unionism - Steps Toward Nationalization 103 X. The Depression of 1873 129 XI . The Knights of Labor and Their Rivals - Haymarket 142 XII ...
... Period - Locofocoism 75 VIII . The Ten - Hour Day and Social Reform 92 IX . " Pure and Simple ” Unionism - Steps Toward Nationalization 103 X. The Depression of 1873 129 XI . The Knights of Labor and Their Rivals - Haymarket 142 XII ...
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... period of time sufficient to satisfy the debt . The institution , despite its inequities , worked fairly satisfactorily . Debtors often petitioned the court to sell them and advertised them- selves in the press to the same purpose . In ...
... period of time sufficient to satisfy the debt . The institution , despite its inequities , worked fairly satisfactorily . Debtors often petitioned the court to sell them and advertised them- selves in the press to the same purpose . In ...
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... period of New York's history the most common regulation concerned wages and hours of weighhouse and beer porters - both monopolistic call- ings ; occasionally towns and counties placed limitations upon other trades , but during the ...
... period of New York's history the most common regulation concerned wages and hours of weighhouse and beer porters - both monopolistic call- ings ; occasionally towns and counties placed limitations upon other trades , but during the ...
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... period . Initially the commonly held principle that wages and prices should be fixed pro- duced colony - wide legislation . But almost immediately authorities in colonies with a general code recognized the failure of their efforts and ...
... period . Initially the commonly held principle that wages and prices should be fixed pro- duced colony - wide legislation . But almost immediately authorities in colonies with a general code recognized the failure of their efforts and ...
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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.