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 12
... In time of war male inhabitants were often conscripted to carry on the agricultural pur- suits of men in the militia . Since there was generally more work to be done than labor to accomplish it , the problem 12 A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LABOR.
... In time of war male inhabitants were often conscripted to carry on the agricultural pur- suits of men in the militia . Since there was generally more work to be done than labor to accomplish it , the problem 12 A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LABOR.
Side 13
... problem of wages . The most sig- nificant experiment took place in Massachusetts Bay where the early colonial leaders held strongly to the prevailing mercantilistic views concerning the obedience and honest carriage of the " lower ...
... problem of wages . The most sig- nificant experiment took place in Massachusetts Bay where the early colonial leaders held strongly to the prevailing mercantilistic views concerning the obedience and honest carriage of the " lower ...
Side 15
... problem quickly waned . The pattern of wage legislation throughout most of the colonies was thus markedly similar during most of the period . Initially the commonly held principle that wages and prices should be fixed pro- duced colony ...
... problem quickly waned . The pattern of wage legislation throughout most of the colonies was thus markedly similar during most of the period . Initially the commonly held principle that wages and prices should be fixed pro- duced colony ...
Side 33
... 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 trouble . Led by the well organ ...
... 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 trouble . Led by the well organ ...
Side 36
... problem of severing the tie with the empire . When the war began , the colonists were not totally unprepared . Assemblies and provincial congresses of New England had named Committees of Safety to supervise the drilling of militiamen ...
... problem of severing the tie with the empire . When the war began , the colonists were not totally unprepared . Assemblies and provincial congresses of New England had named Committees of Safety to supervise the drilling of militiamen ...
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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.