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" Workers unite! : "
Kevin Hillstrom
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BL
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703260
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b525449
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| Main Entry
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Hillstrom, Kevin,1963-
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| Title & Author
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Workers unite! : : the American labor movement /\ Kevin Hillstrom
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| Publication Statement
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Detroit, MI :: Omnigraphics,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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| Series Statement
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Defining moments
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xvi, 236 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0780811305
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: 9780780811300
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index
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| Contents
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Narrative overview. American workers in an industrializing world ; Sweat and blood ; Radicals, progressives, and the working man ; The New Deal lifts unions ; Banner days for American unions ; Down a path of permanent decline? -- Biographies. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) ; Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) ; William "Big Bill" Haywood (1869-1928) ; Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975) ; Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1837-1930) ; John L. Lewis (1880-1969) ; George Meany (1894-1980) ; Walter P Reuther (1907-1970) -- Primary sources. A textile mill worker mourns the hardships of the factory system, 1845 ; The Knights of Labor explain their cause and issue demands, 1878 ; Eugene Debs asks "What can we do for working people?" 1890 ; Samuel Gompers answers the question, "What does labor want?" 1893 ; Clarence Darrow defends unions in the "trial of the century," 1907 ; Investigating the Ludlow massacre, 1915 ; Laying the groundwork for the National Labor Relations Act, 1935 ; Remembering the Flint sit-down strike, 1937 ; Walter Reuther discusses labor's role in building a better society, 1952 ; The AFL and CIO reunite, 1955 ; Confronting union corruption, 1957 ; President Ronald Reagan comments on the air traffic controller strike, 1981 ; Debating the future of unions, 2009 ; One labor leader's perspective on the future of American unions, 2010
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| Abstract
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"Explains the history of the American labor movement from its earliest origins through 19th-century industrialization, the growth of the labor movement, the current declining influence of labor, and efforts to revitalize American unions. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher
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Industrial relations-- United States-- History, Juvenile literature
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Labor movement-- United States-- History, Juvenile literature
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HD8066.H55 2011
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