Labor and the Wartime State
Title | Labor and the Wartime State PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Atleson |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780252066740 |
The United States labor movement can credit -- or blame -- policies and regulations created during World War II for its current status. Focusing on the War Labor Board's treatment of arbitration, strikes, the scope of bargaining, and the contentious issue of union security, James Atleson shows how wartime necessities and language have carried over into a very different post-war world, affecting not only relations between unions and management but those between rank and file union members and their leaders.
Labor’s Great War
Title | Labor’s Great War PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph A. McCartin |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2017-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 146961703X |
Since World War I, says Joseph McCartin, the central problem of American labor relations has been the struggle among workers, managers, and state officials to reconcile democracy and authority in the workplace. In his comprehensive look at labor issues during the decade of the Great War, McCartin explores the political, economic, and social forces that gave rise to this conflict and shows how rising labor militancy and the sudden erosion of managerial control in wartime workplaces combined to create an industrial crisis. The search for a resolution to this crisis led to the formation of an influential coalition of labor Democrats, AFL unionists, and Progressive activists on the eve of U.S. entry into the war. Though the coalition's efforts in pursuit of industrial democracy were eventually frustrated by powerful forces in business and government and by internal rifts within the movement itself, McCartin shows how the shared quest helped cement the ties between unionists and the Democratic Party that would subsequently shape much New Deal legislation and would continue to influence the course of American political and labor history to the present day.
The National War Labor Board
Title | The National War Labor Board PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Jean Conner |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2018-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469643944 |
Conner explains the background, organization, and workings of the National War Labor Board, created by President Wilson in April 1918. She analyzes the board's struggle to succeed and reveals how both labor and business attemted to use this partnership to further their own special interests. The author shows how, when dissatisfied private employers refused to cooperate voluntarily, the Wilson administration was forced to make compliance mandatory. Originally published in 1980. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Japanese American Incarceration
Title | Japanese American Incarceration PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie D. Hinnershitz |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2021-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812299957 |
Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese American Incarceration recasts the forced removal and incarceration of approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II as a history of prison labor and exploitation. Following Franklin Roosevelt's 1942 Executive Order 9066, which called for the exclusion of potentially dangerous groups from military zones along the West Coast, the federal government placed Japanese Americans in makeshift prisons throughout the country. In addition to working on day-to-day operations of the camps, Japanese Americans were coerced into harvesting crops, digging irrigation ditches, paving roads, and building barracks for little to no compensation and often at the behest of privately run businesses—all in the name of national security. How did the U.S. government use incarceration to address labor demands during World War II, and how did imprisoned Japanese Americans respond to the stripping of not only their civil rights, but their labor rights as well? Using a variety of archives and collected oral histories, Japanese American Incarceration uncovers the startling answers to these questions. Stephanie Hinnershitz's timely study connects the government's exploitation of imprisoned Japanese Americans to the history of prison labor in the United States.
The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board
Title | The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1148 |
Release | 1948 |
Genre | Arbitration, Industrial |
ISBN |
U.S. Labor Goes to War
Title | U.S. Labor Goes to War PDF eBook |
Author | United States. War Production Board. Labor Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1942 |
Genre | Labor movement |
ISBN |
The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board: Appendixes to vol. 1, pt. 1
Title | The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board: Appendixes to vol. 1, pt. 1 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1240 |
Release | 1947 |
Genre | Industrial relations |
ISBN |