A history of organized labor in Cuba / Robert J. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Cuba--History.

Labor unions.

Labor movement--Cuba--History.

Labor movement.

Working class--Cuba--History.

Working class.

History.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

xi, 287 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Traces organized labor from its origins in colonial Cuba through its transformation under Castro and Communism.

Contents:

1. Organized Labor in the Colonial Period and Early Republic 1

2. The Confederacion Nacional Obrera de Cuba and Its Rivals 35

3. The Early Years of the CTC 75

4. The CTC Split and Its Aftermath 105

5. Labor Under the Second Batista Dictatorship 133

6. Organized Labor in Castro's Cuba: Seizure of the CTC 169

7. Soviet-Style Labor Movement in Castro's Cuba 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-267) and index.

ISBN:

027597703X

OCLC:

49611140