Representation and rebellion : the Rockefeller plan at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1914-1942 / Jonathan H. Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rees, Jonathan, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Management--History.

Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

Steel industry and trade--Management--Employee participation--Colorado--History--20th century.

Steel industry and trade.

Industrial relations--Colorado--History--20th century.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to the tragedy of the Ludlow Massacre, John D. Rockefeller Jr. introduced one of the nation's first employee representation plans (ERPs) to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in 1915. With the advice of William Mackenzie King, who would go on to become prime minister of Canada, the plan - which came to be known as the Rockefeller Plan - was in use until 1942 and became the model for ERPs all over the world. In Representation and Rebellion Jonathan Rees uses a variety of primary sources - including records recently discovered at the company's former headquarters in Pueblo, Colorado

Contents:

Introduction

Memories of a massacre

Student and teacher

Between two extremes

Divisions in the ranks

The Rockefeller plan in action : the mines

The Rockefeller plan in action : the mill

New union, same struggle

Depression, frustration, and real competition.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781457110924

145711092X

9781607320401

1607320401

OCLC:

775301652