Volume 11 of the "Samuel Gompers Papers "documents a pivotal
moment in labor history, when the wartime promise of industrial
democracy gave way to business as usual in the postwar world.
Spanning a turbulent period of wildcat strikes, racial unrest, and
political experimentation, this volume presents the efforts of
Gompers and the AFL to defend collective bargaining, protect
hard-won wartime gains, and advance labor's role as a partner in
economic prosperity and social progress.
This indispensable volume includes such episodes as the Seattle
General Strike, the 1919 coal and steel strikes, the rise of the
"American" open-shop plan, and John L. Lewis's unsuccessful
campaign to replace Gompers as AFL president. It also covers
Gompers's participation in the Versailles Peace Conference, his
involvement with anti-immigration legislation, the founding of the
AFL's Nonpartisan Political Campaign Committee, and the demands of
black and women workers in the postwar era.
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