Title Democratic miners : work and labor relations in the anthracite coal industry, 1875-1925 / Perry K. Blatz

Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in American labor history SUNY series in American labor history. Contents Capriciousness and complexity: the insecurity of anthracite mine workers -- The failure of labor organization, 1875-1897 -- Militancy and opportunity, 1897-1899 -- "Onward march": the strike of 1900 -- Crisis of authority -- The strike of 1902 -- The anthracite coal strike commission -- Twilight bargaining: 1903-1906 -- Demoralization and rebirth, 1906-1916 -- Demoralization and rebirth, 1906-1916 -- Insurgency and democracy, 1917-1925 Summary Democratic Miners traces the history of work and labor relations in the anthracite coal industry, focusing on conditions that led up to, and followed, the famous strike of 1902. That strike, an epic five-and-a-half month struggle, led the federal government to intervene in a labor dispute for the first time in American history. Focusing on the workplace, Blatz puts the 1902 strike in the context of a turbulent half-century of labor-management relations Those years saw the unionization of the anthracite fields under the United Mine Workers of America, amidst an evolving democratic tradition of rank-and-file protest against corporate control, and ironically ended with a growing rift between miners and union leadership Unlike many books on labor relations, this work concentrates especially on the workers themselves. Working-class as opposed to union history, it contributes greatly to our understanding of working-class formation in the Progressive years Analysis Anthracite coal industry United States History Coal miners Labor unions United States History Coal miners United States History United Mine Workers of America History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-358) and index Notes English Print version record Subject United Mine Workers of America -- History SUBJECT United Mine Workers of America fast Subject Coal miners -- United States -- History Anthracite coal industry -- United States -- History Coal miners -- Labor unions -- United States -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Anthracite coal industry Coal miners Coal miners -- Labor unions United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585044546 9780585044545

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