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Author Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-

Title Workers unite! : the American labor movement / Kevin Hillstrom.

Imprint Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, ©2011.

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 Portland Public Library - Teen  TEEN 331.88 HIL    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Defining moments
Defining moments.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
Summary "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.
Contents 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.
Subject Labor movement -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Industrial relations -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Industrial relations. (OCoLC)fst00971609
Labor movement. (OCoLC)fst00990079
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Industrial relations -- United States -- History.
Labor movement -- United States -- History.
Industrial relations -- History.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Labor movement -- History.
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9780780811300 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0780811305 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
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