| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: The Early Years of Unionism""; ""Chapter 1. The First Unions, 1847�1886""; ""The Long Depression. 1873�1878""; ""The Eight-Hour Explosion of 1886""; ""Chapter 2. Labor in the Lumber Industry, 1881�1898""; ""Strike in Eau Claire""; ""Strike Actions in Subsequent Years""; ""The Oshkosh ""Conspiracy""""; ""The Conspiracy Trial""; ""Enduring Effects""; ""Chapter 3. Injunction and Open Shop: Milwaukee and Beloit, 1901�1906""; ""The Milwaukee Machinists' Strike""; ""The Open Shop Drive in Beloit""; ""The Molders' Strike in Milwaukee"" |
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Chapter 4. A Statewide Labor MovementCreation of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor -- The Socialists Capture the Federation -- Frank Weber: Labor's Grand Old Man -- Victor Berger: A Leader Without Portfolio -- Part II: Unionism Matures -- Chapter 5. Growth of the Wisconsin Labor Movement in the Twentieth Century -- Craft Unionism Before World War I -- Union Growth During and After World War I -- The Effects of the Great Depression -- Wisconsin Labor Under the New Deal: Renewed Militancy -- Wisconsin Labor in World War II and the Postwar Years |
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""Public Employee Unionism""""Chapter 6. The Wisconsin State CIO""; ""The CIO Captures the Big Metalworking Plants""; ""Divisions Within the CIO""; ""Defeat of the Left Wing""; ""CIO Growth After World War II""; ""Other Postwar Strikes Among Wisconsin CIO Unions""; ""The Impact of the CIO""; ""Chapter 7. Leadership""; ""Leadership in the 1920's and 1930's""; ""The End of Socialist Leadership""; ""The New Leadership""; ""The State AFL�CIO, 1966�1983""; ""The Wisconsin Labor Movement's Contributions to National Labor Leadership""; ""Chapter 8. Political Action""; ""Goals and Strategy"" |
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Workers ' CompensationMinimum Wages for Women -- Changes in Political Policy -- The Nation's First Unemployment Compensation Law -- The Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation -- Labor at the Summit: The Little Wagner Act -- The Collapse of Labor's Political Power -- McCarthy Defeats La Follette -- A Return to Efective Political Activity -- Chapter 9. Education and Social Issues -- From Labor Colleges to School for Workers -- Women and Wisconsin Labor -- Blacks and the Labor Movement -- Part III: Paper Mill Workers: The Forty-Year Struggle for Unionism |
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""Chapter 10. The Fight for Saturday Night OE 1900�1905""""1902: Victory on the Fox River""; ""1902: Defeat on the Wisconsin River""; ""1902: Defeat on the Eau Claire River""; ""Annihilation of the Unions, 1903�1904""; ""Chapter 11. The Renewed Struggle for the Eight-Hour Day""; ""Rhinelander: The First Three-Tour Paper Mill""; ""The Employers Organize: The Western Paper Manufacturers Association""; ""The ""General"" Strike at Marinette""; ""Chapter 12. The Fight for Union Recognition: 1919�1923""; ""Everest and Marathon""; ""Alexander and Nekoosa�Edwards"" |
| Summary |
Wisconsin's workers and their leaders have always been in the vanguard of those concerned with social justice, fair labor practices, humane working conditions, and political equality. Professor Ozanne's book, based upon years of research in newspapers, manuscripts, and the archives of both labor and management, provides a broad overview of an important chapter in Wisconsin history |
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Industrial relations Wisconsin History |
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Labor disputes Wisconsin History |
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Labor movement Wisconsin History |
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Labor unions Wisconsin History |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-277) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Labor unions -- Wisconsin -- History
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Labor movement -- Wisconsin -- History
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Labor disputes -- Wisconsin -- History
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Industrial relations -- Wisconsin -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Industrial relations
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Labor disputes
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Labor movement
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Labor unions
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Labor unions -- Wisconsin -- History.
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Working class -- Wisconsin -- History.
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Wisconsin
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
84008824 |
| ISBN |
9780870205712 |
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0870205714 |
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