| Labor's Struggles, 1945-1950: A Participant's View Revised Edition Contributor(s): Richter, Irving (Author), Montgomery, David (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0521533260 ISBN-13: 9780521533263 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Informative and original, Labor's Struggles, 1945-1950 contains information and insights that must be included in any subsequent efforts to interpret this period in labor history. The author based this account largely on his own experience as legislative representative for the United Auto Workers-CIO from 1943 to 1947, as well as on documents and conversations from that period, supplemented with historical research. This study of policy-making in union headquarters and in Washington centers on the 1945 splits within the CIO as well as the sharp division between the "social" CIO and the "opportunist" AFL. In addition, it focuses on the Labor Management (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947 that divided an already fragmented movement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.880 |
| Series: Participant's View |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Informative and original, Labor's Struggles, 1945-1950 contains information and insights that must be included in any subsequent efforts to interpret this period in labor history. The author based this account largely on his own experience as legislative representative for the United Auto Workers-CIO from 1943 to 1947, as well as on documents and conversations from that period, supplemented with historical research. This study of policy-making in union headquarters and in Washington centers on the 1945 splits within the CIO as well as the sharp division between the social CIO and the opportunist AFL. In addition, it focuses on the Labor Management (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947 that divided an already fragmented movement. |