| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Critical American studies series |
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Critical American studies series.
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| Contents |
Foreword; I. Working-Class Cultures; II. The Human Costs of Automation; III. Solidarity Networks; IV. Workers, Politics, and Social Change; V. The Vanguard Party and Worker Self-Activity; VI. Primary Work Groups; VII. The Failure of Business Unionism, the Rank and File Alternative; Notes; Publication History; Index |
| Summary |
Edited and with an afterword by George LipsitzBlue-collar intellectual and activist, Stan Weir devoted his life to the advocacy of his fellow workers. Singlejack Solidarity offers a rare look at life and social relations as seen from the factory, dockside, and the shop floor. Gathered here for the first time, Weirs writingspart memoir, labor history, and polemicdocument a crucial chapter in the story of working-class America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Weir, Stan.
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| SUBJECT |
Weir, Stan. fast (OCoLC)fst00508909 |
| Subject |
Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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Labor unions -- United States -- Biography
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Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Labor movement.
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Labor unions.
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Labor unions -- Officials and employees.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lipsitz, George
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| ISBN |
9780816695652 |
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0816695652 |
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