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Fighting for total person unionism : Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and working-class citizenship / Robert Bussel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bussel, Robert, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Working class in American history.
- Working Class in American History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
- Labor leaders.
- Working class--United States--History.
- Working class.
- Equality--United States--History.
- Equality.
- Labor movement--United States--History.
- Labor movement.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America.
- Gibbons, Harold J., 1910-1982.
- Gibbons, Harold J.
- Calloway, Ernest, 1909-1989.
- Calloway, Ernest.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the 1950's and 1960's, labour leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway championed a new kind of labour movement that regarded workers as 'total persons' interested in both workplace affairs and the exercise of effective citizenship in their communities. Working through Teamsters Local 688 and viewing the city of St Louis as their laboratory, this remarkable interracial duo forged a dynamic political alliance that placed their 'citizen members' on the front lines of epic battles for urban revitalization, improved public services, and the advancement of racial and economic justice.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Coming Up the Hard Way; 2. "Apostles of a New Order"; 3. Able and Militant Fighters for Workers; 4. "A Bunch of Fellows Who Have Taken the Declaration of Independence Seriously"; 5. "The Most Powerful Union in America"; 6. "Those Fellows Back There Actually Hate You"; 7. "The Other Sixteen Hours"; 8. "A Hell of a Whipping"; 9. "A Planned Social Revolution"; 10. "A Trade Union Oriented War on the Slums"; 11. "Fuck Him, He Wasn't With Us"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252097607
- 0252097602
- OCLC:
- 921220149
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