Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
Title | Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Economics |
ISBN |
The Jewish Unions in America
Title | The Jewish Unions in America PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Weinstein |
Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783743565 |
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.
Guide to Microforms in Print
Title | Guide to Microforms in Print PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1416 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Microcards |
ISBN |
History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760
Title | History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Douglas Larned |
Publisher | |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Windham County (Conn.) |
ISBN |
The Federal Committee on Apprenticeship
Title | The Federal Committee on Apprenticeship PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Apprentices |
ISBN |
Provincial Solidarities
Title | Provincial Solidarities PDF eBook |
Author | David Frank |
Publisher | Athabasca University Press |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1927356237 |
Provincial Solidarities tells the story of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour--part of the history of working class struggles in Canada.
The Doolittle Family in America
Title | The Doolittle Family in America PDF eBook |
Author | William Frederick Doolittle |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781016855594 |
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