Industrial Disputes and Federal Legislation / Thomas Russell Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Thomas Russell, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 467

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1940]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the industrial disputes, strikes, and federal legislation involving the railroad, coal, steel, and automobile industries in the first half of the 20th century in the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I. The Problem of Industrial Disputes in Modern Industrial Society

II. Gains for Labor in American Industries Since 1900

III. Legislation and Administrative Orders Affecting Labor Relations

IV. Legal Methods and Techniques Affecting Labor Disputes

V. The Development of National Legislation Affecting Railroads. The Mediation Board

VI. The Government and Industrial Disputes in Coal

VII. The Labor Policy of Steel and Government Intervention

VIII. Methods of Preventing and Settling Labor Disputes

IX. Employee Representation as a Means of Preventing Industrial Disputes

X. The Role Played by the Government in Industrial Disputes

XI. Contemporary and Future Need for Social Legislation

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88440-0

OCLC:

1100454702