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100 1  Ṿaynshṭeyn, B.,|d1866-1946,|eauthor. 
240 10 Di idishe yunyons in Ameriḳa.|lEnglish 
245 14 The Jewish unions in America :|bpages of history and 
       memories /|cby Bernard Weinstein ; translated and 
       annotated, with an introduction by Maurice Wolfthal. 
264  1 Cambridge :|bOpen Book Publishers,|c2018. 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    1 online resource (334 pages) :|b6 illustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    Available through Open Book Publishers. 
500    Originally published in Yiddish as: Di idishe yunyons in 
       Ameriḳa. Nyu Yoròk : Fareynigòte Idishe geòverkshafòten, 
       1929. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-10) and 
       bibliographical references in the footnotes. 
505 0  Abbreviations -- Introduction / Maurice Wolfthal -- The 
       Jewish Unions in America: Pages of History and Memories / 
       Bernard Weinstein -- The First Jewish Immigrants in the 
       United States ; How the Jewish Immigrants of the 1880s 
       Earned a Living ; The First Jewish Workers in the American
       Trade Unions ; The First "Radicals" Among the Jewish 
       Immigrants of the 1880s and the Beginning of the Jewish 
       Labor Movement in America ; The Strange Case of Comrade 
       Wolf ; Hymie "the American" ; The First Jewish Theater 
       Choristers' Union ; The Jewish Actors' Union ; The Yiddish
       Varieties ; The Jewish Typesetters' Union ; The Founding 
       of the United Hebrew Trades of New York ; How We Organized
       Strikes ; The Panic of 1893 and the First Splits Within 
       the Jewish Labor Movement ; The Schism in the Socialist 
       Labor Party ; The First Years of the Jewish Labor Movement
       in Philadelphia ; The Beginning of the Jewish Labor 
       Movement in Chicago ; The Unions of the Cap and Millinery 
       Trade ; The Millinery Trade and the Union ; The History of
       the Tailors in the Men's Clothing Industry ; The Struggle 
       of the Tailors' Union Against the Plague of the "Open 
       Shops" ; The Custom Tailors' Union ; The Story of the Knee
       -Pants Makers' Union ; The Union of the Children's Jacket 
       Makers ; The Union of the Basted Children's Jacket 
       Pressers ; The Union of the Unbasted Children's Jacket 
       Makers ; The Pants Makers' Union of New York ; The Vest 
       Makers' Union in New York ; The Shirt Makers' Union ; The 
       Great Garment Workers' Strike of 1913 in New York ; How 
       the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Was Founded ; 
       The Women's Garment Unions in America ; The Jamaica 
       Incident and Other Trials ; The Cloak Makers' Unions in 
       Other Cities ; The First Jewish Unions of Waist Makers, 
       Wrapper Makers, Buttonhole Makers, Embroidery Workers, and
       Other Ladies' Garment Workers ; The Birth of the 
       International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ; The Strike 
       of 300 Skirt Makers Against the Firm of John Bonwit in 
       1905 ; The Industrial Workers of the World Also Founds a 
       Cloak Makers' Union ; The Reefer Makers' Strike of 1907 ; 
       The Historic General Strike of the 18,000 Waist Makers in 
       1909 ; The Great Cloak Makers' Strike of 1910 and the 
       Founding of the Largest Jewish Union ; The First Years 
       After the Strike ; The General Strike of the Cleveland 
       Cloak Makers in 1911 ; The Triangle Fire ; The Protocol of
       the New York Ladies' Waist and Dress Makers' Union of 1913
       ; The General Strike of the Wrapper, Kimono, and 
       Housedress Makers and the White Goods Workers of 1913 ; 
       The Hourwich Affair and the First Civil War in the Cloak 
       Makers' Union ; The Organizing Work of the ILGWU in Other 
       Cities from 1915 to 1919 ; The Breaking of the Protocol 
       and the Strikes of 1916, 1919, and 1921 ; The General 
       Strike of the Dress Makers in 1923 ; The Ladies' Tailors' 
       Union of New York ; The Raincoat Workers' Union ; The 
       Struggle with the Communists in the Joint Action Committee
       ; The General Strike of 1926 and the Expulsion of the 
       Communists ; The Rebirth of the Cloak Makers' Union ; The 
       Jewish Bakers' Unions ; The 1927 Bakers' Strike Against 
       Two Big Firms, Pechter and Messing ; The Jewish Bakers' 
       Unions in Other Cities ; The Furriers' Union ; The 
       Founding of the International Fur Workers' Union ; The 
       Union of Jewish Painters ; The Pocketbook Makers' Union ; 
       The Suitcase Workers' Union ; The Trunk Makers' Union ; 
       The Neckwear Makers' Union ; The Union of Cleaners and 
       Dyers ; The Union of Mattress and Bed Spring Makers ; The 
       Seltzer Workers' Union of New York ; The Union of Clerks 
       and Retail Dress-Goods Stores ; The Union of Grocery 
       Clerks ; The Union of Jewish Waiters ; The Union of Paper 
       Box Makers ; The Union of Jewish Barbers ; The Union of 
       Jewish Shoemakers ; The Union of Jewish Tin Workers ; The 
       Union of Jewelry Workers ; The Union of Butcher Workers ; 
       The Union of Jewish Newspaper Writers in New York ; The 
       Union of Jewish Bookbinders ; The Jewish Laundry Workers 
       (The Steam Laundry Workers' Union) ; The Union of Wet-Wash
       Laundry Drivers ; The Pressers of Old Shirts in Hand 
       Laundries ; The Union of Jewish Inside Iron Workers ; The 
       Union of Jewish Furniture Drivers ; The Union of Workers 
       with Live and Kosher-Slaughter Fowl ; The Little Unions ; 
       The Disappeared Unions ; The New Generation of Jewish 
       Workers in America ; The Jewish Carpenters and Wood 
       Workers ; Jewish Plumbers ; Jewish Moving Picture 
       Operators ; Jewish Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers ; 
       Jewish Metal Workers and Machinists ; Jewish Workers in 
       Radio and Aviation ; Jewish Drivers of Cars and Taxis ; 
       Conclusion. 
520    "Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, 
       the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an 
       America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were 
       very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of 
       New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life 
       to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish 
       Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle 
       this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless 
       strikes, held the unions together in the face of 
       retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and 
       factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down 
       schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and 
       Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and 
       wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of 
       the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a 
       vivid picture of workers' organizations at the beginning 
       of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred
       exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers' 
       rights have made great progress in the decades since, 
       Weinstein's descriptions of workers with jobs pitted 
       against those without, and American workers against 
       workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish 
       Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of 
       working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a 
       reminder that workers must still battle to live decent 
       lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice 
       Wolfthal's readable translation makes Weinstein's Yiddish 
       text available to English readers. It is essential reading
       for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history,
       and the history of American immigration."--Publisher's 
       website. 
546    Text translated from the Yiddish. 
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700 1  Wolfthal, Maurice,|etranslator,|eeditor,|ewriter of 
       introduction. 
710 2  Open Book Publishers,|epublisher. 
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