Rise of the Labr Movement in Los AngelesUniversity of California Press |
Contents
Antecedents of the Labor Movement | 1 |
Labor Ventures into Politics | 13 |
Genesis of the Labor Movement | 32 |
The Noble Order | 53 |
Union against the Chinese | 60 |
53 | 68 |
Trouble on the Water Front | 81 |
Aftermath of the Boom | 88 |
Reawakening of the Labor Movement | 195 |
Labor and Socialism | 218 |
The Rising Tide of Conflict | 237 |
Labors Counteroffensive | 270 |
Upheaval on the Labor Front | 331 |
The Crime of the Century | 348 |
The Bombing of the Times | 366 |
The McNamara Case | 390 |
The Big Strike | 104 |
On to Washington | 154 |
Progress and Decline | 172 |
Reactions and Aftermath | 407 |
City of the Open Shop | 420 |
Common terms and phrases
affiliated Alliance American Angeles labor Association August became began body boycott Building Trades California called campaign carpenters cause Central Labor Council Chinese Citizen close Coast committee Commons Company continued contract convention Council of Labor County craft December delegates demands early eight-hour election employed employers established Examiner Express Federation of Labor fight force formed groups Herald History increase industrial International issue January John Journal July June Knights of Labor labor movement later LATU leaders League March McNamara meeting membership Minutes months newspaper nonunion November October organized labor Otis Pacific Party period political president Press printers Proceedings Record Report representatives San Francisco Sept September signed Socialist southern strike thousand tion Trades Council Typographical Union Union Labor unionists United vote wage workers workingmen