The emergence of a UAW local, 1936-1939 : a study in class and culture / Peter Friedlander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedlander, Peter, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--United States--Case studies.

Automobile industry workers.

International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)--History.

International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 155 pages)

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975.

Summary:

Peter Friedlander documents the formation of a local United Automobile Workers union at a mid-sized parts factory during the turbulent 1930s. Blending oral history based on personal interviews with a keen analysis of the worker's class structure and widely varied cultural backgrounds, Freidlander describes the transformation of a working-class community by its own actions and the ensuing stratification and factionalizing within that union. The result is a firsthand account of the experience of unionization in personal and social terms.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Theory, Method, and Oral History

1. In the Beginning

2. Early Confrontation

3. Offensive

4. Expansion

5. Factionalism

6. Consolidation

7. Culture and Structure

8. Conclusion: The Union and the Outside World

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8229-7603-X