Title Kenny Riley and black union labor power in the port of Charleston / Ted Reed and John J. Yurechko

Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface by Ted Reed -- Introduction -- 1. We Lived in Our Own Little World -- 2. Getting an Education, Separate Not Equal -- 3. Charleston the Slave Port -- 4. A City Is Born: It Grows on the Backs of Slaves -- 5. The War for Freedom Leaves Many Enslaved -- 6. South Carolina Declares War on the United States -- 7. ­Ex-Slaves Form a Labor Union and It Folds -- 8. Charleston Rots and Then Rebounds -- 9. George Washington German Brings the Union Back -- 10. On the Waterfront -- 11. Containers Take Over the World -- 12. A Sixties Kid Takes Over Local 1422 13. A World Beyond Charleston -- 14. The Charleston Five -- 15. Lessons Learned from the Charleston Five -- 16. A Charleston Guy Finds Allies in New York and San Francisco -- 17. The Family Politics of Local 1422 -- 18. For Labor, South Carolina Is Tough, but "The Union Is Anomalous" -- 19. Riley Looks to Retirement -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary ""Their ancestors may have been cargo in the slave ships that arrived in the Port of Charleston, S.C. Today, the scale has been rebalanced: black longshoremen run the port's cargo operation. They are members of the International Longshoremen's Association, a powerful labor union, and Kenny Riley is the charismatic leader of the Charleston local. Riley combines commitment to the civil rights movement with the practicality to ensure that Charleston remains a principal East Coast port. He emerged on the international stage in 2000, when he rallied union members around the world to the defense of "The Charleston Five," longshoremen who were arrested after a confrontation with police turned violent. This is Riley's story as well as a behind-the-scenes look at organized black labor in a Deep South port."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher Subject Riley, Kenny, 1953- International Longshoremen's Association. Local 1422 (Charleston, S.C.) African American labor leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Biography African American stevedores -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Biography Stevedores -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History African American labor leaders African American stevedores Stevedores -- Labor unions South Carolina -- Charleston Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Yurechko, John Joseph, author ISBN 9781476639284 1476639280

  Permalink