The postwar years, 1918-21

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The postwar years, 1918-21

editors, Peter J. Albert, Grace Palladino ; assistant editors, Marla J. Hughes, Rebecca Lord

(The Samuel Gompers papers / editor, Stuart B. Kaufman ; associate editors, Peter J. Albert ... [et al.], v. 11)

University of Illinois Press, c2009

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"Chronology": p. xxxiii-xxxv

Includes index

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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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