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Rebel Rank And File
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Author : Aaron Brenner
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2010-11-22
Rebel Rank And File written by Aaron Brenner and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-22 with Political Science categories.
Often considered irredeemably conservative, the US working class actually has a rich history of revolt. Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden story of insurgency from below against employers and union bureaucrats in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the mid-1960s to 1981, rank-and-file workers in the United States engaged in a level of sustained militancy not seen since the Great Depression and World War II. Millions participated in one of the largest strike waves in US history. There were 5,716 stoppages in 1970 alone, involving more than 3 million workers. Contract rejections, collective insubordination, sabotage, organized slowdowns, and wildcat strikes were the order of the day. Workers targeted much of their activity at union leaders, forming caucuses to fight for more democratic and combative unions that would forcefully resist the mounting offensive from employers that appeared at the end of the postwar economic boom. It was a remarkable era in the history of US class struggle, one rich in lessons for today’s labor movement.
Rebel Rank And File
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Author : Aaron Brenner
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2020-05-05
Rebel Rank And File written by Aaron Brenner and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with Political Science categories.
Often considered irredeemably conservative, the US working class actually has a rich history of revolt. Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden story of insurgency from below against employers and union bureaucrats in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the mid-1960s to 1981, rank-and-file workers in the United States engaged in a level of sustained militancy not seen since the Great Depression and World War II. Millions participated in one of the largest strike waves in US history. There were 5,716 stoppages in 1970 alone, involving more than 3 million workers. Contract rejections, collective insubordination, sabotage, organized slowdowns, and wildcat strikes were the order of the day. Workers targeted much of their activity at union leaders, forming caucuses to fight for more democratic and combative unions that would forcefully resist the mounting offensive from employers that appeared at the end of the postwar economic boom. It was a remarkable era in the history of US class struggle, one rich in lessons for today's labor movement.
Crossed Wires
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Author : Dan Schiller
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023
Crossed Wires written by Dan Schiller and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Telecommunications categories.
"During the first century of the republic, two modes of communication at a distance - telecommunications - were etched into lands inhabited by Native Americans; contested by rival European powers; and occupied by the United States. Both telecommunications systems supported this expanding US territorial empire but, despite this overarching commonality, they branched apart in other ways. One network was owned by the state and the other by capital, and the two branches of the telecommunications system developed disparate rate structures, patterns of access, and social and institutional relationships. During the decades after the Civil War their divergence became politically charged. Would one model prevail over the other? Going forward, would it be the government Post Office or the corporate telegraph that set the terms of telecommunications development? The Post Office was the nation's originating system for communication at a distance. Both before and long after it was elevated to a cabinet department in 1829, furthermore, the Post Office was by far the largest unit of the central state. In 1831, the nation's 8700 postmasters comprised three-quarters of federal civilian employment; half a century later (excluding temporary postal employees and ordinary and railway mail clerks and letter carriers), some 50,000 postmasters accounted for perhaps one-third of all civilian employees in the executive branch. Though its relative weight as a government employer diminished after this, its workforce continued to swell. During the last two antebellum decades, meanwhile, an emergent technology - the electrical telegraph - was passed quickly from the federal government to private capital. The two systems' institutional identities immediately began to contrast in other ways"--
Save Our Unions
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Author : Steve Early
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013
Save Our Unions written by Steve Early and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
"Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they're trying to democratize their union, win a strike, defend past contract gains, or bargain with management for the first time. Drawing on forty years of personal experience, Early writes about cross-border union campaigning, labor strategies for organizing and health care reform, and political initiatives that might lessen worker dependence on the Democratic Party. Save Our Unions contains vivid portraits of rank-and-file heroes and heroines, both well-known and unsung. It takes readers to union conventions and funerals, strikes and picket-lines, celebrations of labor's past and struggles to insure that unions still have a future in the 21st century. The book's insight, analysis and advocacy make this an important contribution to the project of labor revitalization and reform"--
Rethinking The American Labor Movement
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Author : Elizabeth Faue
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-04-28
Rethinking The American Labor Movement written by Elizabeth Faue and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-28 with History categories.
Rethinking the American Labor Movement tells the story of the various groups and incidents that make up what we think of as the "labor movement." While the efforts of the American labor force towards greater wealth parity have been rife with contention, the struggle has embraced a broad vision of a more equitable distribution of the nation’s wealth and a desire for workers to have greater control over their own lives. In this succinct and authoritative volume, Elizabeth Faue reconsiders the varied strains of the labor movement, situating them within the context of rapidly transforming twentieth-century American society to show how these efforts have formed a political and social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life. Rethinking the American Labor Movement is indispensable reading for scholars and students interested in American labor in the twentieth century and in the interplay between labor, wealth, and power.
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798
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Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798 written by William Hamilton Maxwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Ireland categories.
Traditional Authority Islam And Rebellion
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Author : Karl D. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Traditional Authority Islam And Rebellion written by Karl D. Jackson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Political Science categories.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798 With Memoirs Of The Union And Emmett S Insurrection In 1803
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Author : William Hamilton MAXWELL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798 With Memoirs Of The Union And Emmett S Insurrection In 1803 written by William Hamilton MAXWELL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with Ireland categories.
The Age Of Acquiescence
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Author : Steve Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2015-02-17
The Age Of Acquiescence written by Steve Fraser and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-17 with History categories.
A groundbreaking investigation of how and why, from the 18th century to the present day, American resistance to our ruling elites has vanished. From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights movement, Americans have long mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. Hierarchies based on inheritance, wealth, and political preferment were treated as obnoxious and a threat to democracy. Mass movements envisioned a new world supplanting dog-eat-dog capitalism. But over the last half-century that political will and cultural imagination have vanished. Why? THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE seeks to solve that mystery. Steve Fraser's account of national transformation brilliantly examines the rise of American capitalism, the visionary attempts to protect the democratic commonwealth, and the great surrender to today's delusional fables of freedom and the politics of fear. Effervescent and razorsharp, THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE will be one of the most provocative and talked-about books of the year.
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798 With Memoirs Of The Union And Emmett S Insurrection In 1803 Fourth Edition Illustrated By George Cruickshank
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Author : William Hamilton MAXWELL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
History Of The Irish Rebellion In 1798 With Memoirs Of The Union And Emmett S Insurrection In 1803 Fourth Edition Illustrated By George Cruickshank written by William Hamilton MAXWELL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with categories.