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American labor struggles and law histories
Title
American labor struggles and law histories / edited by Kenneth M. Casebeer.
ISBN
9781611638721
1611638720
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017.
Physical Description
xix, 617 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Organization as criminal conspiracy
The homestead lockout, the Pinkertons, and the militia
Industrial unions, the Pullman strike, injunctions, and in re Debs (1895)
The racial division in the labor movement
The IWW, western radicalism, and deportation
Open shops
Textiles and vigilantes in Gastonia
Distinctly American radicalism in the Depression
Union and unemployed together in mass movement
Organization of a company town
Sit-downs
The duty to obey : sit-down at sea, or mutiny?
"Public ... since time immemorial" : the labor history of Hague v. CIO
Slowdowns and worker control
Public workers strike and racial justice
Plant closing
Communities on strike
Market fragmentation : service workers in the home
Contracting out and low-wage, immigrant worker voice
Plant occupation in a corporate campaign
Disappearing public services
Walmart : big box and supply chains
Wage theft : low-income workers and community centers.
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History.
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