"We are all leaders" : the alternative unionism of the early 1930s edited by Staughton Lynd

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lynd, Staughton.

Series:

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Labor unions.

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

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

343 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.

Contents:

The Nutpickers' union, 1933-34 : crossing the boundaries of community and workplace / Rose Feurer

Organizing "wall to wall" : the Independent Union of All Workers, 1933-37 / Peter Rachleff

The challenge of national coordination : southern textile workers and the general textile strike of 1934 / Janet Irons

The Southern Tenants' Farmers' Union and the CIO / Mark Naison

The very last hurrah? : the defeat of the Labor Party idea, 1934-36 / Eric Leif Davin

Paths of unionization : community, bureaucracy, and gender in the Minneapolis labor movement of the 1930s / Elizabeth Faue

We stood our ground : anthracite miners and the expropriation of corporate property, 1930-41 / Michael Kozura

"We make you this appeal in the name of every union man and woman in Barberton" : solidarity unionism in Barberton, Ohio, 1933-41 / John Borsos

Unions with leaders who stay on the job : passing on the lessons of the West Coast longshoremen's and seamen's 1934 strike / Stan Wei.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

33899109