American workers, American unions : the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries / Robert H. Zieger, Timothy J. Minchin, and Gilbert J. Gall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zieger, Robert H.

Contributor:

Minchin, Timothy J.

Gall, Gilbert J.

Series:

American moment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.

Labor unions.

Employees.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

History.

United States.

Labor unions--United States--History--21st century.

Employees--United States--Social conditions.

Employees--United States--Economic conditions.

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

x, 334 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Taking into account recent important work on the 1970s and the Reagan revolution, the fourth edition newly considers the stagflation issue, the rise of globalization and big box retailing, the failure of Congress to pass legislation supporting the right of public employees to collective bargaining, the defeat in Congress of legislation to revise the National Labor Relations Act, the emasculation of the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, and the changing dynamics of blue-collar politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The new industrial regime

War, prosperity, and depression, 1914-1933

Rebirth of the unions, 1933-1939

Labor goes to war, 1939-1945

Strikes, politics, radicalism, 1945-1950

Affluent workers, stable unions : labor in the postwar decades

Race, war, politics : labor in the 1960s

Labor at the close of the twentieth century

Losing ground : workers and unions since 9/11.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421413433

1421413434

OCLC:

863196562