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One Day Longer : A Memoir / Lynn R. Williams.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Lynn R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, Lynn (Lynn Russell), 1924-.
- Williams, Lynn.
- United Steelworkers of America--Presidents--Biography.
- United Steelworkers of America.
- United Steelworkers of America--History.
- Labor union members--North America--Biography.
- Labor union members.
- Labor movement--North America--History--20th century.
- Labor movement.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Lynn Williams remains one of the most influential North American union leaders of the twentieth century. His two terms as president of the United Steelworkers of America, from 1983 until 1994, capped off a career in labour relations spanning nearly five decades. Among his many notable achievements were the new bargaining techniques he developed to face challenges from anti-union politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Williams also played a major role in the structural readjustment of the North American steel industry during its most turbulent period, the 1980s and 1990s. In his memoirs, Williams vividly recounts his life in labour, with all its triumphs, challenges, hopes, and dreams. While telling his own story, Williams also traces the rise and transformation of the labour movement from the Second World War to today. Providing an insider's perspective on union developments and issues, One Day Longer is a profound reflection of Williams's impressive career."--Pub. desc.
- Contents:
- In the beginning
- War and peace
- The Eaton drive
- Joining the Steelworkers
- Back east
- Organizing
- Sudbury
- Director, District 6
- On to Pittsburgh
- Assuming the presidency
- Trying times
- Union work and politics
- New directions
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Co-published by: Cornell University Press.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-9926-4
- 1-4426-9925-6
- OCLC:
- 793385418
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