The Unfinished Struggle: Turning Points in American Labor, 1877-present

The Unfinished Struggle: Turning Points in American Labor, 1877-present
ISBN-10
0847688291
ISBN-13
9780847688296
Category
Labor movement
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Steve Babson

Description

The Unfinished Struggle is one of the most concise, comprehensive, and accessible histories of the modern American labor movement ever written. Labor scholar and activist Steve Babson's dramatic narrative examines the numerous attempts to organize workers from the Great Uprising of 1877 to the 'sitdown' strikes of the 1930s to the present day. Babson illuminates the tumultuous past, evolving agenda, and continuing conflicts of the labor movement. He carefully identifies the causes of labor's decline in recent decades and explains union leaders' attempts to revive their organizations. Most important, Babson shows readers how the fortunes of organized labor are tied to larger trends in American history.

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