Labor's Struggles, 1945-1950 - A Participant's View (Hardcover)

Neither an autobiography nor a scholarly analysis, Labor's Struggles, 1945-1950: A Participant's View is a skillful 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 labor history. Richter based this account largely on his own experience as legislative representative for the United Auto Workers-CIO from 1943 to 1947, as well as on documents and conversations from that period, supplemented with historical research. Active in the effort to educate the working class on all important historical and legislative issues and on the political process, Richter wrote and lectured often for UAW and other union audiences and authored a syndicated column that was frequently featured on the front pages of local union papers and city and state central council papers. This study of policy making in union headquarters and in Washington focuses on the 1945 splits within the CIO as well as the sharp divisions between the "social" CIO and the "opportunistic" AFL. In addition, it focuses on the Labor Management (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947, which divided an already fragmented movement. A foreword by David Montgomery, a prominent labor historian, introduces the author's story.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Irving Richter
Foreword by:	David Montgomery
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-41412-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-521-41412-1
Barcode:	9780521414128

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