| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning |
| Summary |
One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union locals during World War II. The AFL played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940's. The war years are pivotal in the history of American labor, but books on the AFL's experiences are scant, with far more on the radical Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). Andrew E. Kersten closes this gap with Labor's Home Front, challenging |
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1940s |
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American |
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Federation |
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actor |
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between |
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class |
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contentious |
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history |
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labor |
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major |
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organized |
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played |
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production |
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relationship |
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role |
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state |
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wartime |
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which |
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working |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-267) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
AFL-CIO -- History -- 20th century
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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
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AFL-CIO fast |
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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) fast |
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Labor policy -- United States -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Labor policy
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435600379 |
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1435600371 |
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0814749135 |
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9780814749135 |
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