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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : White, Ahmed (1970-....)
Titre(s) : The last great strike [Texte imprimé] : Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America / Ahmed White
Publication : Oakland, California : University of California press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : xi, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies
known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat
from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law,
and recognize their union. For two months a grinding struggle ensued, punctuated by
bloody clashes in which police, company agents, and National Guardsmen ruthlessly
beat and shot unionists. At least sixteen died and hundreds more were injured before
the strike ended in failure. The violence and brutality of the Little Steel Strike
became legendary. It was in many ways the last great strike in modern America. Traditionally
the Little Steel Strike has been understood as a modest setback at most for steelworkers,
one that actually confirmed the potency of New Deal reforms and did little to impede
the progress of the labor movement. However, The Last Great Strike tells a different
story about the conflict and its significance for unions and labor rights. More than
any other strike, it laid bare the contradictions of the industrial labor movement,
the resilience of corporate power, and the limits of New Deal liberalism at a crucial
time in American history"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Grève des aciéries de Little Steel (États-Unis ; 1937)
New Deal -- Ohio (États-Unis)
Congress of industrial organizations (Etats-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
331.892 973 (23e éd.) = Grèves - Etats-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520285606. - ISBN 0520285603. - ISBN 9780520285613. - ISBN 0520285611. -
ISBN 9780520961012 (erroné). - ISBN 0520961013 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45752877p
Notice n° :
FRBNF45752877
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Labor, Little Steel, and the New Deal ; Like a penitentiary : steel and the origins
of the open shop ; They should honor us : work and conflict in the open shop era
; Sure, we have guns : the open shop in the Depression era ; I never gave that guy
nothin' : the New Deal and the changing landscape of labor relations ; To banish
fear : the campaign to organize steel ; The spirit of unrest : from stalemate to
walkout ; In the name of the people : the incident on Memorial Day ; What had to
be done : the struggle at the mill gates ; A change of heart : corporate power and
New Deal strikebreaking ; Let's bust them up : last struggles and defeat ; A steel
strike is not a picnic : the anatomy of failure ; Kind of a victory : New Deal labor
law on trial ; Unreconciled : war, victory, and the legacies of defeat ; These things
that mean so much to us.
