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Labor Under Fire
A History of the AFL-CIO since 1979
Seiten
2017
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-3298-8 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-3298-8 (ISBN)
From the Reagan years to the present, the labor movement has faced a profoundly hostile climate. As America's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with severe political and economic headwinds. Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting for programs that benefited millions of Americans, including social security, unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and universal health care. With a membership of more than 13 million, it was also able to launch the largest labor march in American history--1981's Solidarity Day--and to play an important role in politics.
In a history that spans from 1979 to the present, Timothy J. Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful enemies and internal constraints. Full of details, characters, and never-before-told stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive history of the modern AFL-CIO.
In a history that spans from 1979 to the present, Timothy J. Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful enemies and internal constraints. Full of details, characters, and never-before-told stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive history of the modern AFL-CIO.
Timothy J. Minchin is professor of North American history at La Trobe University.
Erscheinungsdatum | 23.06.2017 |
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Zusatzinfo | 25 halftones |
Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4696-3298-5 / 1469632985 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4696-3298-8 / 9781469632988 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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