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The American Labor Movement, 1955-1995
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Walter Galenson
Book Code: GM9677
ISBN: 0-313-29677-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29677-2
184 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1996
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Labor Studies
Series Number: 47
Reviews:
  • [A] concise, straightforward, remarkable evenhanded recounting of events associated with ebbing union strength... a useful addition to any collection in labor history or industrial relations.
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    Choice
Description: With the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955, the American labor movement entered a new era. This marriage had many problems with which to deal including jurisdictional overlap, differences on economics and politics, and governance disputes. The solutions to these problems, along with problems of corruption and civil rights during the period from the Eisenhower presidency through that of the Clinton administration are discussed in this work.
Table of Contents:
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Trade Union Membership
  • The First Five Years
  • The Kennedy-Johnson Years
  • The Automobile Works Disaffiliate
  • The Nixon-Ford Presidencies
  • The Carter Interlude
  • The Reagan Years
  • The Bush Years
  • The First Clinton Years
  • Union Organizing and the Employer Counteroffensive
  • The Public Sector and Professionals
  • Political Action
  • Labor and the Law
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Foreign Trade and Investment
  • Six National Unions
  • The Road Ahead
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-35686
LCC Class: HD6508
Dewey Class: 331
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