American Workers, American Unions - The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries

"Highly acclaimed and widely read since its first publication in 1986, American Workers, American Unions provides a concise and compelling history of American workers and their unions in the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. Taking into account recent important work on the 1970s and the Reagan revolution, the fourth edition newly considers the stagflation issue, the rise of globalization and big box retailing, the failure of Congress to pass legislation supporting the right of public employees to collective bargaining, the defeat in Congress of legislation to revise the National Labor Relations Act, the emasculation of the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, and the changing dynamics of blue-collar politics. In addition to important new information on the 1970s and 1980s, the fourth edition contains a completely new final chapter. Largely written by Timothy J. Minchin, this chapter provides a rare survey of American workers and their unions between 9/11 and the 2012 presidential election. Gilbert J. Gall presents new information on government workers and their recent battles to defend workplace rights. An extensive collection of bibliographical material will be made available online"--

About the author

Robert H. Zieger was a professor of history at the University of Florida and author of For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert J Gall, Gilbert J. Gall, Timothy J Minchin, Timothy J. Minchin, Timothy J. (Professor of North American History Minchin, Robert H Zieger, Robert H. Zieger, Robert H. (University of Florida) Zieger, Robert H. (University of Florida) Minchin Zieger, Robert H. Minchin Zieger
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781421413433
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1343-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Trade Unions, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions, labor history;labor movement;social change;classism