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The Fight Of Alexander Howat For The Right To Strike, Thomas L. Monninger
The Fight Of Alexander Howat For The Right To Strike, Thomas L. Monninger
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The right to strike is a privilege held dear and guarded closely by all organized labor. This is the most effective weapon with which organized labor can deal with capital and management. Alexander Howat, as President of District 14 of the United Mine Workers of America, vigorously opposed all attempts to restrict this cherished right to strike.
A short biographical sketch of this leader of the Kansas miners is used as a background for the study of the situation that developed after the enactment of the Kansas Industrial Court Law.
Immediately following the end of World War I the industrial …