American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985Analyzes the experience of organized labor from 1920 to 1985, focusing on the themes that unify and the turning points that punctuate the period. |
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Page 85
... wartime manpower lacking in knowledge of union- ism , collective bargaining , and industrial customs . Thousands of these workers found wartime wages a bonanza attributable to government or company largess . They often saw themselves as ...
... wartime manpower lacking in knowledge of union- ism , collective bargaining , and industrial customs . Thousands of these workers found wartime wages a bonanza attributable to government or company largess . They often saw themselves as ...
Page 88
... wartime mobilization , the Roosevelt administration relied heavily on corporate officials . La- bor leaders such as Philip Murray of the CIO and William Green of the AFL felt shut out of such key wartime agencies as the Office of War ...
... wartime mobilization , the Roosevelt administration relied heavily on corporate officials . La- bor leaders such as Philip Murray of the CIO and William Green of the AFL felt shut out of such key wartime agencies as the Office of War ...
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... wartime production , we must have the time that maintenance of membership provides to educate these new workers as to the benefits of unionism . Whatever the ethical or theoretical validity of maintenance of membership , it surely ...
... wartime production , we must have the time that maintenance of membership provides to educate these new workers as to the benefits of unionism . Whatever the ethical or theoretical validity of maintenance of membership , it surely ...
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