The next time we strike : labor in Utah's coal fields, 1900-1933 / Allan Kent Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Allan Kent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners--Labor unions--Utah--History.

Coal miners.

Collective bargaining--Coal mining industry--Utah--History.

Collective bargaining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

May 1, 1900 turned into a day of horror at Scofield, Utah, where a mine explosion killed two hundred men. In the traumatic days that followed, the surviving miners began to understand that they, too, might be called to make this ultimate sacrifice for mine owners. The time for unionization in Utah was at hand.A sensitive and in-depth portrayal of the efforts to unionize Utah's coal miners, The Next Time We Strike explores the ethnic tensions and nativistic sentiments that hampered unionization efforts even in the face of mine explosions and economic exploitation. Powell utilizes o

Contents:

CONTENTS; Illustrations; Map; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. A Legacy of Labor and Coal ; II. The Winter Quarters Mine Disaster ; III. The 1901 Strike ; IV. The 1903-4 Strike ; V. Intermission for the United Mine Workers of America, 1905-17; VI. A New Opportunity: World War I and Afterwards ; VII. The 1922 Strike ; VIII. The Castle Gate Mine Disaster ; IX. Retrenchment and Disenchantment, 1924-32; X. The Battle for Control, 1933; XI. The Union Legacy ; XII. Conclusion ; Appendix; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781457184680

1457184680

9780874219340

0874219345

OCLC:

851157120