The man who hated work and loved labor / Les Leopold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leopold, Les.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mazzocchi, Tony.

Labor leaders--United States--Biography.

Labor leaders.

United States.

Labor unions--United States--Officials and employees--Biography.

Labor unions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 525 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Company, [2007]

Summary:

In this compelling biography-The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi-author and labor expert Les Leopold recounts the life of the late Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union leader, his struggle to address the unconscionable toxic exposure of tens of thousands of workers-a fight that led to the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and his work alongside nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood. Tony Mazzocchi's legacy lives on in today's ongoing alliances between labor activists and environmentalists, and those who believe in the promise of America.

Contents:

The prince of shallow junior high

Basic training

Running with the Reds

Infiltrator

Subversive suburbs

From bombs to Broadway

From CIO to CIA

Masters of war

Stars in their vision

The mad rush

Catalytic converter

Crash

The heart of the deal

Round two

Lost battalions

Party time

Stepping-stones

Bibliography

Endnotes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [489]-492) and index.

ISBN:

1933392630

9781933392639

9781933392646

1933392649

OCLC:

144768561