Waterfront Workers
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Workers On The Waterfront
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Author : Bruce Nelson
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1990
Workers On The Waterfront written by Bruce Nelson and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Business & Economics categories.
With working lives characterized by exploitation and rootlessness, merchant seamen were isolated from mainstream life. Yet their contacts with workers in port cities around the world imbued them with a sense of internationalism. These factors contributed to a subculture that encouraged militancy, spontaneous radicalism, and a syndicalist mood. Bruce Nelson's award-winning book examines the insurgent activity and consciousness of maritime workers during the 1930s. As he shows, merchant seamen and longshoremen on the Pacific Coast made major institutional gains, sustained a lengthy period of activity, and expanded their working-class consciousness. Nelson examines the two major strikes that convulsed the region and caused observers to state that day-to-day labor relations resembled guerilla warfare. He also looks at related activity, from increasing political activism to stoppages to defend laborers from penalties, refusals to load cargos for Mussolini's war in Ethiopia, and forced boardings of German vessels to tear down the swastika.
Waterfront Workers
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Author : Calvin Winslow
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1998
Waterfront Workers written by Calvin Winslow and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
Few work settings can compete with the waterfront for a long, rich history of multi-ethnic and multiracial interaction. Here, five scholars focus on the complex relationships involved in this intersection of race, class, and ethnicity. "Opens up some of the most significant questions in American labor and social history, including the struggle for control at the workplace and, even more important, the relationship between black and white workers and among various ethnic groups on the docks." -- David Brundage, author of The Making of Western Labor Radicalism: Denver's Organized Workers, 1878-1905 A volume in the series The Working Class in American History, edited by David Brody, Alice Kessler-Harris, David Montgomery, and Sean Wilentz
Waterfront Workers Of New Orleans
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Author : Eric Arnesen
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1994
Waterfront Workers Of New Orleans written by Eric Arnesen and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
"During the nineteenth century, American and foreign travelers often found New Orleans a delightful, exotic stop on their journeys; few failed to marvel at the riverfront, the center of the city's economic activity. . . . But absent from the tourism industry's historical recollection is any reference to the immigrants or black migrants and their children who constituted the army of laborers along the riverfront and provided the essential human power to keep the cotton, sugar, and other goods flowing. . . . In examining one diverse group of workers--the 10,000 to 15,000 cotton screwmen, longshoremen, cotton and round freight teamsters, cotton yardmen, railroad freight handlers, and Mississippi River roustabouts--this book focuses primarily on the workplace and the labor movement that emerged along the waterfront."--From the preface
Wharfies
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Author : Margo Beasley
language : en
Publisher: Halsted Press
Release Date : 1996
Wharfies written by Margo Beasley and has been published by Halsted Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
A History Of Seattle Waterfront Workers 1884 1934
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Author : Ronald Magden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
A History Of Seattle Waterfront Workers 1884 1934 written by Ronald Magden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Business & Economics categories.
Work On The Waterfront
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Author : William Finlay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Work On The Waterfront written by William Finlay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Business & Economics categories.
In this ethnographic account of longshoremen in California, William Finlay examines how they have been affected by recent technological changes in this industry. Focusing on the workers in Local 13 (Los Angeles-Long Beach) of the ILWU, he finds that despite the profound impact of new technologies, in particular of containerization, these workers have retained much of their influence over production, their autonomy at work, and their skill on the job. Using data collected from interviews and participant observation, Finlay provides a first-hand view of a union, the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, about which there has been considerable speculation and discussion but which has been quite difficult for outsiders to penetrate. During his research, Finlay worked as a longshoreman, accompanied crane operators loading and unloading ships, observed union business agents on their waterfront rounds, and attended negotiation meetings. Contrary to many contemporary arguments concerning the negative impact of technological innovation at the workplace, Finlay finds that in longshoring the new technologies have resulted in the increased demand for skilled workers and in fresh opportunities for workers to assert their control of production.Work on the Waterfrontexamines local unionism in action and discusses the factors that produce on-the-job bargaining in longshoring and other lines of work. Author note: William Finlay is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa.
Factual Survey Of Waterfront Strike 1951 Submitted To The Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into The Waterfront Industry
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Author : New Zealand. Waterfront Industry Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Factual Survey Of Waterfront Strike 1951 Submitted To The Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into The Waterfront Industry written by New Zealand. Waterfront Industry Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Stevedores categories.
A Global Radical Waterfront
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Author : Holger Weiss
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-07-05
A Global Radical Waterfront written by Holger Weiss and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-05 with History categories.
This volume investigates the ambition of the Red International of Labour Unions to radicalize the global waterfront during the interwar period. The main vehicle was the International Propaganda Committee of Transport Workers, replaced in 1930 by the International of Seamen and Harbour Workers as well as their agitation and propaganda centres, the International Harbour Bureaus and the International Seamen’s Clubs. The book scrutinizes their solidarity campaigns in support of local and national strikes as well as on their agitation against discrimination, segregation and racism within the unions, their demands to organize non-white maritime transport workers, and their calls for engagement in anti-fascist, anti-war and anti-imperialist actions.
Souvenir Of The Seamen Waterfront Workers Trade Union Silver Jubilee From 1938 To 1963
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Author : Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (Trinidad and Tobago)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Souvenir Of The Seamen Waterfront Workers Trade Union Silver Jubilee From 1938 To 1963 written by Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (Trinidad and Tobago) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Labor unions categories.
Communism On The Waterfront
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961*
Communism On The Waterfront written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961* with Communism categories.