Harry Van Arsdale, Jr - Labor's Champion

A portrait of Harry Von Arsdale Jr (1905-1986), a towering figure in the New York labour scene. As business manager and president of important labour organizations, he advocated and won shorter work days, instituted paid vacation, annuity plans, and educational opportunities for union workers.

List of contents

Foreword by Theodore W. Kheel, Preface, A Tribute by Christopher Erikson, Acknowledgments, Photographs follow page 121, 1. From the Revolutionary War to Hell's Kitchen, 2. Making His Mark: Early Struggles in Local Union 3, 3. A Fight to the Top, 4. Dealing with the New Deal, 5. Growing Pains, 6. Battles on Many Fronts, 7. America at War, 8. The Working Man and Woman: Learning and Compassion, 9. Mister Labor, 10. United Federation of Teachersa nd the Brotherhood Party, 11. Troubleshooting Here and Abroad, 12. Van Arsdale at the Wheel, 13. A Wider Garden to Tend, 14. The Kid Goes Down Fighting, Afterword by Hy Greenblatt, Notes, Index, About the Author

About the author

Theodore Kheel, Gene Ruffini

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Kheel, Gene Ruffini, Ruffini Gene
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2002
• EAN: 9780765610447
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-1044-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; New York, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Trade Unions, Labour Economics, Sociology: work & labour, Biography: business and industry, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions, New York (state)