| Description |
1 online resource (346 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; BLACK WORKERS AND THE NEW UNIONS; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Introduction; CONTENTS; SECTION I The Iron and Steel Industry; Part I BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; THE HISTORY OF NEGRO LABOR IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PROBLEMS OF THE NEGRO STEEL WORKER; UNION ORGANIZATION IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY; Part II THE UNIONIZATION OF STEEL; THE STEEL CODE; THE REVIVAL OF COMPANY UNIONS; THE COMMUNISTS TAKE THE FIELD; THE ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION; THE RANK AND FILE MOVEMENT AND THE STRIKE THREAT |
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THE STEEL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND THE NEW RANK AND FILE MOVEMENTTHE NEGRO IN THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION; THE C.I.O. CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE STEEL; SECTION II The Meat-Packing Industry; THE NEGRO ENTERS THE MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; THE AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN; THE UNION MOVEMENT UNDER THE NEW DEAL; SECTION III Railroad Car Shops; RAILROAD CAR SHOPS; SECTION IV The Birmingham District; HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT; UNION ORGANIZATION UNDER THE N.R.A.; RACE RELATIONS AND THE UNIONS; SECTION V The Negro Community and The Union Movement |
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THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNION MOVEMENTA PROGRAM FOR NEGRO LABOR; Appendices; APPENDIX A THE SUBNORMAL NEGRO AND THE SUBNORMAL CODE; APPENDIX B MURDERS OF NEGRO FIREMEN; APPENDIX C GENERAL TABLES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Annotation This is a book for those who want to know what really happens when, in circumstances of enormous complexity and under the impetus of the New Deal, an irresistible drive for labor organization runs head-on into an immovably imbedded race prejudice. It is based on interviews by the authors with those people most intimately concerned |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Employment.
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African Americans -- Employment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mitchell, George S
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| ISBN |
9780807879726 |
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080787972X |
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9780807867631 |
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0807867632 |
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