American labor in the era of World War II

Author(s)

• Miller, Sally M.
• Cornford, Daniel A.

Bibliographic Information

American labor in the era of World War II

edited by Sally M. Miller and Daniel A. Cornford

Praeger, 1995

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The 1940s were a pivotal decade in the history of the American labor movement. Large migrations significantly changed the composition of the industrial work force while, simultaneously, the organized labor movement sought to consolidate its base. These essays examine topics including aspects of the institutional development of the labor movement at the national level, while west coast case studies explore the conflicts generated at the workplace and in communities by the increased presence of women and minority workers. American labor historians and labor studies specialists will find this collection fills a major void in the research on American labor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction by Sally M. Miller and Daniel A. Cornford Labor in the National Arena CIO Leaders and the State, 1935-1955 by Robert H. Zieger The Law of Collective Bargaining and Wartime Labor Regulations by James A. Atleson The United Steelworkers of America and Health Insurance, 1937-1962 by Alan Derickson Struggles at the Workplace Wartime Shipyards: The Transformation of Labor in San Francisco's East Bay by Marilynn S. Johnson The San Francisco Machinists and the National War Labor Board by Richard P. Boyden Who Controls the Hiring Hall? The Struggle for Job Control in the ILWU during World War II by Nancy L. Quam-Wickham Race, Gender, and Community "Her Husband Didn't Have a Word to Say:" Black Women and Blues Clubs in Richmond, California During World War II by Shirley Ann Moore African-American Migrant Women in the San Francisco East Bay Area by Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo Catalyst for Change: Wartime Housing and African Americans in California's East Bay by Delores Nason McBroome The CIO: A Vanguard for Civil Rights in Southern California, 1940-1946 by David Oberweiser, Jr. Index

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• NCID: BA64995963
• ISBN:
  • 0275951855
• LCCN: 94024570
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 228 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 366.253