The Unfinished Struggle - Turning Points in American Labor

The Unfinished Struggle is one of the most concise, comprehensive, and accessible histories of the modern American labor movement ever written. Labor scholar and activist Steve Babson's dramatic narrative examines the numerous attempts to organize workers from the Great Uprising of 1877 to the 'sitdown' strikes of the 1930s to the present day. Babson illuminates the tumultuous past, evolving agenda, and continuing conflicts of the labor movement. He carefully identifies the causes of labor's decline in recent decades and explains union leaders' attempts to revive their organizations. Most important, Babson shows readers how the fortunes of organized labor are tied to larger trends in American history.

List of contents

Chapter 1 The Great Uprising, 1877-1910 Chapter 2 Rise and Fall, 1910-1929 Chapter 3 Triumph and Containment, 1929-1941 Chapter 4 Growth and Accommodation, 1941-1965 Chapter 5 At the Crossroads

About the author

Steve Babson is a retired labor educator and union activist living in Detroit with his wife, Nancy Brigham. He received his doctorate in U.S. History in 1989 from Wayne State University, where he worked from 1983 to 2006 as an instructor and extension program coordinator in the Labor Studies Center. During most of these years, Steve was an officer of Local 6075, AAUP/AFT, representing faculty and academic staff at Wayne State. He has published six books, including Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town; Lean Work: Empowerment and Exploitation in the Global Auto Industry; and The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights in Detroit.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Babson, Babson Steve
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.1999
• EAN: 9780847688296
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8829-6
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Series: Critical Issues in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Sociology: work & labour, History of the Americas, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General