| Description |
1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword: a union journey / Si Kahn -- The Jackson project -- Appendix: union leaflets drafted for the Jackson, Tennessee, campaign |
| Summary |
In the spring of 1989, union organizer Phil Cohen journeyed to Jackson, Tennessee, to sort out the troubled situation at a historic cotton mill. His task as a representative of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union was to rebuild a failing local and the problems were daunting; an anti-union company in financial disarray, sharply declining union membership, and myriad workplace grievances. In the tumultuous months ahead, ownership of the plant twice switched hands, and he would come to fear for his life and consider desperate measures to salvage the union's cause. In this riveting m |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor disputes -- Tennessee -- Jackson -- History
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Textile workers -- Labor unions -- Tennessee -- Jackson -- History
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Labor disputes.
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Textile workers -- Labor unions.
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Tennessee -- Jackson.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kahn, Si
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| ISBN |
9781621902492 |
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1621902498 |
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