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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Minchin, Timothy J.
Titre(s) : Labor under fire [Texte électronique] : a history of the AFL-CIO since 1979 / Timothy J. Minchin
Publication : Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xvi-414 p.) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : Comprend : The roots of decline : the AFL-CIO in the Meany years ; A new president,
and a new decade ; Kirkland fights back : the 1981 Solidarity Day mass march ; From
solidarity to defeat ; Defending what we have : survival and decline in Reagan's second
term ; Partial détente : George H.W. Bush and the AFL-CIO ; He's on our side? : Hope
and betrayal in the Clinton years ; Saying no to the status-quo : the 1995 leadership
challenge ; Big visions and big hopes : the early Sweeney years ; Our job has never
been harder : the Sweeney presidency in the Bush era, 2001-2009 ; Holding on in the
Trumka years.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 395-406. Index
From the Reagan years to the present, the labor movement has faced a profoundly hostile
climate. As America's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with
severe political and economic headwinds. Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting
for programs that benefited millions of Americans, including social security, unemployment
insurance, the minimum wage, and universal health care. With a membership of more
than 13 million, it was also able to launch the largest labor march in American history--1981's
Solidarity Day--and to play an important role in politics. In a history that spans
from 1979 to the present, Timothy J. Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how
the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful
enemies and internal constraints. Full of details, characters, and never-before-told
stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews
with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive
history of the modern AFL-CIO.
Sujet(s) : Syndicats -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Syndicats -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
American federation of labor-Congress of industrial organizations -- 20e siècle
American federation of labor-Congress of industrial organizations -- 2000-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
331.880 973 (23e éd.) = Syndicats - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781469632988. - ISBN 1469632985. - ISBN 9781469632995 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455532846
Notice n° :
FRBNF45553284
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