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John L. Lewis And His Critics: Some Forgotten Labor History That Still Matters Today, Staughton Lynd
John L. Lewis And His Critics: Some Forgotten Labor History That Still Matters Today, Staughton Lynd
Class, Race and Corporate Power
The purpose of this essay is to propose a new answer to the question of "what happened to the Congress of Industrial Organizations?" Lynd argues the CIO became what its creator, United Mine Workers (UMW) president John L. Lewis, intended it to be. This approach is juxtaposed with the approach taken by A.J. Muste, who helped to lead the cotton textile strike of 1919 to victory, then founded the Brookwood Labor School—probably the most radical and effective school for workers in American history.
[Review Of The Book The Cio, 1935-1955], Nick Salvatore
[Review Of The Book The Cio, 1935-1955], Nick Salvatore
Nick Salvatore
[Excerpt] Labor's upsurge in the 1930s remains for many even in our own time a source of inspiration and uplift. Those who are romantically inclined have long cherished the image of union militancy that attaches to that decade, a militancy that many have longed to see revived in recent years. Some contemporary union activists and their supporters, with more than a touch of a similar romanticism, frequently promote the claim that as the anti-union 1920s preceded the 1930s militancy, so too would the anti-union Reagan years give way to rekindled worker activism. Scholars as well have been influenced by this …
Where Is The Cio Going?: A Program For Militant Trade Unionism, George Morris
Where Is The Cio Going?: A Program For Militant Trade Unionism, George Morris
PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements
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