Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 265 g
A Participant's View
Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 265 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-53326-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Neither an autobiography nor a scholarly analysis, Labor's Struggles, 1945-950: 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.
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Introduction and acknowledgments; Labour's fragmentation and the industrial relations context in 1945; Searching for coexistence: the management labour charter and the labour management conference; The great strike wave of 1946 and its political consequences; The Taft-Hartley legislative scene; The aftermath of Taft-Hartley; Postlude; Appendix: The Labour Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947; Illustrations.
