Title The bosses' union : how employers organized to fight labor before the New Deal / Vilja Hulden.

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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

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Series	The working class in American history
	Working class in American history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"From the 1880s through the 1920s, American labor endured an ongoing assault on worker's rights by open shop campaigns organized by employers. Vilja Hulden delves into the decades-long effort to not only counter but discredit labor's attempts to exercise its own power. The employer-invented term closed shop was a potent rhetorical tool that shifted public opinion from concerns about inequality and dangerous working conditions to a belief that unions trampled an individual's right to work. As Hulden shows, employers used different methods to conduct closed-shop campaigns. Conciliators assumed a pose of benevolent cooperation while hardliners like the National Association of Manufacturers condemned the closed shop and used financial and social networks to lobby government, purchase newspaper space, and place sympathizers in politics. Employers did not always get what they wanted. But their superior ability to exercise power strengthened an anti-labor agenda that showed a remarkable consistency in its tactics and goals over a fifty-year period"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Open and closed shop -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Open and closed shop -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Industrial relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Industrial relations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Industrial relations. (OCoLC)fst00971609
	Labor unions. (OCoLC)fst00990260
	Open and closed shop. (OCoLC)fst01046058
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Hulden, Vilja, 1977- Bosses' union Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 9780252044830 (DLC) 2022027156
ISBN	9780252053887 (electronic book)
	0252053885 (electronic book)
	9780252044977 (electronic book)
	0252044975 (electronic book)

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