A renegade union : interracial organizing and labor radicalism /
A renegade union :: interracial organizing and labor radicalism /

Dedicated to organizing workers from diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, many of whom were considered "unorganizable" by other unions, the progressive New York City-based labor union District 65 counted among its 30,000 members retail clerks, office workers, warehouse worker...

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1. Verfasser: Phillips, Lisa Ann Wunderlich
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:Working class in American history.
Schlagworte:
1900-1999
Labor unions > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African American labor union members > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Minorities > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Syndicats > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Syndiqués noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Travail > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Minorités > Travail > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American labor union members
African Americans > Employment
Discrimination in employment
Labor unions
Minorities > Employment
New York (State) > New York
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Zusammenfassung:Dedicated to organizing workers from diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, many of whom were considered "unorganizable" by other unions, the progressive New York City-based labor union District 65 counted among its 30,000 members retail clerks, office workers, warehouse workers, and wholesale workers. In this book, the author presents a distinctive study of District 65 and its efforts to secure economic equality for minority workers in sales and processing jobs in small, low-end shops and warehouses throughout the city. This book shows how organizers fought tirelessly to achieve better hours and higher wages for "unskilled," unrepresented workers and to destigmatize the kind of work they performed. Closely examining the strategies employed by District 65 from the 1930s through the early Cold War years, the author assesses the impact of the McCarthy era on the union's quest for economic equality across divisions of race, ethnicity, and skill. Though their stories have been overshadowed by those of auto, steel, and electrical workers who forced American manufacturing giants to unionize, the District 65 workers believed their union provided them with an opportunity to re-value their work, the result of an economy inclining toward fewer manufacturing jobs and more low-wage service and processing jobs. The author recounts how District 65 first broke with the CIO over the latter's hostility to left-oriented politics and organizing agendas, then rejoined to facilitate alliances with the NAACP. In telling the story of District 65 and detailing community organizing efforts during the first part of the Cold War and under the AFL-CIO umbrella, this book reexamines the history of the left-led unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. -- Adapted from publisher's website.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252094507
0252094506
0252037324
9780252037320
1283901684
9781283901680

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