| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 375 pages) |
| Contents |
The Congress of Industrial Organizations : left, right, and center -- 'Who gets the bird?' -- Insurgency, radicalism, and democracy -- Lived democracy: UAW Ford local 600 -- 'Red company unions'? -- Rank-and-file democracy and the 'class struggle in production' -- 'Pin money' and 'pink slips' -- The 'big 3' and interracial solidarity -- The red and the black -- Conclusion: an American tragedy -- Epilogue: the 'third labor federation' that never was |
| Summary |
"From the late 1930s through the mid-1950s, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) brought together America's working men and women under a united class banner. Of the thirty-eight CIO unions, eighteen were "left-wing" or "Communist-dominated." Yet the political stuggle between the CIO's "Communist-dominated" and right-wing unions was divisive and self-destructive. How did the Communists win, hold, and wield power in the CIO unions? Did they subordinate the needs of workers to those of the Soviet regime? The authors provide testable answers to these questions with historically specific, quantitative analyses of data on the CIO's origins, internal struggles, and political relations. They find that the CIO's Communist-led unions were among the most egalitarian and progressive on class, race, and gender issues, and fought to enlarge the freedom and enhance the human dignity of America's workers."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-367) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Congress of Industrial Organizations (Etats-Unis) -- Histoire. ram |
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Labor unions and communism -- United States -- History
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Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Labor unions and communism
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Labor unions -- Political activity
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Politics and government
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Kommunismus
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Gewerkschaft
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Politische Beteiligung
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Communisme.
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Vakverenigingen.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Syndicats et communisme -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
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Syndicats -- Activité politique -- Etats-Unis -- 20e siècle.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States
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USA
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zeitlin, Maurice, 1935-
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| ISBN |
9780511077869 |
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0511077866 |
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9780511499395 |
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0511499396 |
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9780511076299 |
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0511076290 |
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1280436352 |
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9781280436352 |
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6610436355 |
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9786610436354 |
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1107129869 |
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9781107129863 |
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0511203918 |
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9780511203916 |
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0511306822 |
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9780511306822 |
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