Labor's war at home : the CIO in World War II /
Lichtenstein, Nelson.
Labor's war at home : the CIO in World War II / Nelson Lichtenstein. - xii, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California at Berkeley. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 301-307.
Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The unfinished struggle; 3. CIO politics on the eve of war; 4. 'Responsible unionism'; 5. Union security and the Little Steel formula; 6. 'Equality of Sacrifice'; 7. The social ecology of shop-floor conflict; 8. Incentive pay politics; 9. Holding the line; 10. The bureaucratic imperative; 11. Reconversion politics; 12. Epilogue: labor in postwar America; Notes; Bibliographical essays; Index.
An examination of a critical period in American politics and labour history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy.
0521234727
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History.
Labor policy--History--United States--20th century.
331.88330973 / L.N.L
Labor's war at home : the CIO in World War II / Nelson Lichtenstein. - xii, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California at Berkeley. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 301-307.
Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The unfinished struggle; 3. CIO politics on the eve of war; 4. 'Responsible unionism'; 5. Union security and the Little Steel formula; 6. 'Equality of Sacrifice'; 7. The social ecology of shop-floor conflict; 8. Incentive pay politics; 9. Holding the line; 10. The bureaucratic imperative; 11. Reconversion politics; 12. Epilogue: labor in postwar America; Notes; Bibliographical essays; Index.
An examination of a critical period in American politics and labour history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy.
0521234727
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History.
Labor policy--History--United States--20th century.
331.88330973 / L.N.L