Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2006. Pp. 292. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $22.50. When Alexis de Tocqueville lauded America's republican traditions in the 18...
In 2009, 12 percent of American workers belonged to unions. Early Labor Unions The early labor movement was, however, inspired by more than the immediate job interest of its craft members. It harbored a conception of the just society, deriving from the Ricardian labor theory of value and fro...
Why did American labor politics never manage to break the grip of the two-party system? What was the impact of ideology, career leadership, and ethnicity on the American labor movement? How did American trade unionism cope with the market-drive forces of American capitalism? Why did so great...
as well as sent to Hong Kong, Macao, and Guangzhou, China, to the old generations of the labor movement who were deported from the country in the early years. It just so happens that in mid-February next
Deep political divisions shaped the American labor movement as it developed in the 20th century. Many early labor organizers and agitators wereanarchists,communists, andsocialistswho saw the potential of collective worker action to create a more just society. ...
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the history of labor day labor day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country, said samuel gompers, founder and longtime president of the american federation of labor. all other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of ...
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Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and the US editor of this journal, has contributed impressively to these ongoing debates in his Reigniting the Labor Movement. One of the strengths of this important book is its historical and transnational approach. Friedman...
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-bEing of our country....