Neither an autobiography nor a scholarly analysis, Labor's Struggles, 1945–1950: A Participant's View is a skilful blend of both genres. Informative and original in its insights and analyses, this book provides the reader with information available from no other source. These insights must...

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Main Author:	Richter, Irving (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Subjects:	International Union of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America American Federation of Labor USA > Taft-Hartley Act Geschichte 1945-1950 Politik Industrial relations / United States Labor / United States Gewerkschaft Arbeitsbeziehungen USA United States / Politics and government / 1945-1953
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Summary:	Neither an autobiography nor a scholarly analysis, Labor's Struggles, 1945–1950: A Participant's View is a skilful blend of both genres. Informative and original in its insights and analyses, this book provides the reader with information available from no other source. These insights must be included in any subsequent efforts to interpret this period in labour history. Richter based this account largely on his own experience as legislative representative for the United Auto Workers - C.I.O. from 1943 to 1947, as well as on documents and conversations from that period, supplemented with historical research. This study of policy making in union headquarters and in Washington focuses on the 1945 splits within the C.I.O. as well as the sharp divisions between the 'social' C.I.O. and the 'opportunistic' A.F.L. In addition, it focuses on the Labour Management (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947 which divided an already fragmented movement
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 151 pages)
ISBN:	9780511572371
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511572371