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Title American labor struggles and law histories / edited by Kenneth M. Casebeer.

Publication Info. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  344.7301 A512A. In memory of William R. Davis, Friend of the University, February 2021.    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xix, 617 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Organization as criminal conspiracy -- The homestead lockout, the Pinkertons, and the militia -- Industrial unions, the Pullman strike, injunctions, and in re Debs (1895) -- The racial division in the labor movement -- The IWW, western radicalism, and deportation -- Open shops -- Textiles and vigilantes in Gastonia -- Distinctly American radicalism in the Depression -- Union and unemployed together in mass movement -- Organization of a company town -- Sit-downs -- The duty to obey : sit-down at sea, or mutiny? -- "Public ... since time immemorial" : the labor history of Hague v. CIO -- Slowdowns and worker control -- Public workers strike and racial justice -- Plant closing -- Communities on strike -- Market fragmentation : service workers in the home -- Contracting out and low-wage, immigrant worker voice -- Plant occupation in a corporate campaign -- Disappearing public services -- Walmart : big box and supply chains -- Wage theft : low-income workers and community centers.
Subject Labor laws and legislation -- United States -- History.
Labor -- United States -- History.
Labor. (OCoLC)fst00989798
Labor laws and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00989967
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Casebeer, Kenneth M., 1949- editor.
ISBN 9781611638721 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
1611638720 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
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