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The State Of The Unions 2023: A Profile Of Organized Labor In New York City, New York State, And The United States, Ruth Milkman, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

This report released by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, State of the Unions 2023: A Profile of Organized Labor in New York City, New York State, and the United States, is a part of an annual publication series, documents recent trends in unionization patterns. The overall level of unionization in both the City and State has been roughly double the national rate over the past two decades. But recently, union density has fallen more in New York City and New York State than in the United States as a whole. In the mid-2010s, both the City and …

The Language Of Legal Violence: The State’S Role In Silencing Capitalist Dissent, 1877-1915, Jaclene Paolucci

Theses and Dissertations

From the 1870s to the eve of World War I, the United States government enacted a violent and repressive campaign against labor activists and political radicals to protect capitalist interests. The growing alliance between employers and the government threatened American democratic traditions and turned those who challenged the capitalist system into potential enemies of the state.

“Did Emmett Till Die In Vain? Organized Labor Says No!”: The United Packinghouse Workers And Civil Rights Unionism In The Mid-1950s, Matthew Nichter

Faculty Publications

Emmett Till’s mangled face is seared into our collective memory, a tragic epitome of the brutal violence that upheld white supremacy in the Jim Crow South. But Till's murder was more than just a tragedy: it also inspired an outpouring of determined protest, in which labor unions played a prominent role. The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) campaigned energetically on behalf of Emmett Till, from the stockyards of Chicago to the sugar refineries of Louisiana. Packinghouse workers petitioned, marched, and rallied to demand justice; the UPWA organized the first mass meeting addressed by Till’s mother, Mamie Bradley; and an …

Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 816. This collection “Mining and The Company Store,” describes essential phases of mining coal and the companies miners worked for in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. The narrative is in an interview format and illustrated with photos; a small portion of the narrative features information about company stores. This information was collected by Western KentuckyUniversity student John Chapman, for credit in a folklore class.

“...When We Fight Back”: Attempting Social Reconstructions Of The Great Industrial Class War In The United States From 1870-1930, Daniel Park

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………2

II. Bibliography…………………………………..29

III. Textbook Critique…………………………….30

IV. Primary Documents and Headnotes……….37

Steelworkers' Victory At Ravenswood: Picket Line Around The World, Tom Juravich, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Kate Bronfenbrenner

The second in a two-part series details the sophisticated international campaign and grass-roots activism that gave labor one of its biggest wins in the '90s.

Locked Out But Holding Together In Ravenswood, Tom Juravich, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Kate Bronfenbrenner

The first in a two-part series that details the Steelworkers' victory at Ravenswood Aluminum - one of labor's biggest wins in the '90s.

The East In Open Conflict: The Great Strike Of 1993, Lowell Turner

Lowell Turner

[Excerpt] Because it is impossible in one book to examine all German institutions of negotiation, this book focuses on one important set of relations at the heart of social market regulation: the "social partnership" between labor and management. "Social partnership," a term widely used throughout the European Union but little known in the United States, refers to the nexus—and central political and economic importance—of bargaining relationships between strongly organized employers (in employer associations) and employees (in unions and works councils) that range from comprehensive collective bargaining and plant-level codetermination to vocational training and federal, state, and local economic policy discussions. …

Teamster Democracy: A Moment Of Possibility, Nick Salvatore

Nick Salvatore

[Excerpt] The association between the union and the underworld, a relationship that young Walter Lippmann simply could not envision, did not stem from an insidious criminal power that somehow proved impervious to FBI surveillance. Rather, criminal involvement in the trucking industry may actually be the most lasting contribution to modern America made by those who, in the name of fundamentalism, prohibition and creationism, fought that modernity so insistently. During prohibition, organized crime's interest in the trucking industry grew exponentially as urban criminal groups developed enormous fleets of trucks to transport illegal liquor. Following repeal in 1933, the industry remained attractive …

Foreword To The Killing Of Karen Silkwood, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Kate Bronfenbrenner

[Excerpt] The Killing of Karen Silkwood, therefore, is both a cautionary and inspirational tale. It reminds us of what we are up against and what it takes to win. But most of all it reminds us why each of us must stand with the whistle-blowers and the ordinary heroes that are among us, in the workplace, in government, and in our communities, and, if given the opportunity, become ordinary heroes ourselves. The risks are great, but the costs of not standing up and not speaking out are even greater.

Reversing The Tide Of Organizing Decline: Lessons From The Us Experience, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Kate Bronfenbrenner

As increasing numbers of employers and governments in industrialized nations hasten to "Americanize" their economic policies, labor laws, and union-avoidance strategies, it has become critical for unions in other countries to learn what they can from the organizing experience of the US labor movement. Most research on factors contributing to US organizing decline has focused on the role played by factors external to the labor movement such as global competition, de-industrialization, changes in workforce demographics, new work systems, deregulation, aggressive employer opposition, and weak and poorly enforced labor laws. US unions, however, have greatly contributed to their own decline by …

Class Culture And Generational Change: Immigrant Families In Two Connecticut Industrial Cities During The 1930s, Ivan Greenberg

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Recent social history stresses the autonomy of workers, especially the ways that immigrant families made "lives of their own." However, little attention is focused on the particular experiences of the second generation and the ways they forged their own group identity. This study, by locating the emergence of this generation, highlights an important demographic change within the working class.

Familiar developments of the 1930s take on new meaning. For example, the pivotal role of the second generation in the rise of the CIO helps to recast the early history of industrial unionism. The resurgence of the labor movement parallels the …

The Decline Of The Labor Movement, And What Can Be Done About It, Solomon Barkin

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Unionism: Fraudulent Or Genuine?, Nathan Karp

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Trade Union Problems, Farrell Dobbs

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Anti-Labor Activities In The United States, David J. Saposs

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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The Fate Of Trade Unions Under Fascism, Francis J. Gorman

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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European Trade Unionism And Politics, Franz Leopold Neumann

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Marx And America, Bertram David Wolfe

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Communism And Syndicalism: On The Trade-Union Question, Leon Trotsky

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Thework Of The Communist Parties Of France And Germany: And The Tasks Of The Communists In The Trade Union Movement, O. Piatnitski

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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World Labor Unity, Scott Nearing

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Strike Strategy, William Z. Foster

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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The British Labour Movement: A Syllabus For Study Classes, George D. H. Cole

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Resolutions And Decisions, Red International Of Labor Unions Congress (3rd : 1924 :Moscow, Russia)

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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The World's Trade Union Movement, A. Lozovskia

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Chartism And The "Trades Union", Raymond Postgate

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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The Bankruptcy Of The American Labor Movement, William Z. Foster

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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Resolutions And Decisions Of The First International Congress Of Revolutionary Trade And Industrial Unions, Red International Of Labor Unions (1st Congress : 1921 : Moscow)

PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

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