A renegade union
Phillips, Lisa Ann Wunderlich.
A renegade union interracial organizing and labor radicalism / [electronic resource] : Lisa Phillips. - Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - The working class in American history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Community-based, "catch-all" organizing on New York's Lower East side -- Getting beyond racial, ethnic, religious, and skill-based divisions -- "Like a scab over an infected sore": full and fair employment during and after World War II -- Attacked from the left and the right: community-organizing, civic unionism during the early years of the Cold War -- A third Labor Federation? The Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America (DPO) -- Community organizing under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
9780252094507
Discrimination in employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Minorities--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
African Americans--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
African American labor union members--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Labor unions--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD6519.N5 / P45 2013
331.88089/96073074710904
A renegade union interracial organizing and labor radicalism / [electronic resource] : Lisa Phillips. - Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - The working class in American history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Community-based, "catch-all" organizing on New York's Lower East side -- Getting beyond racial, ethnic, religious, and skill-based divisions -- "Like a scab over an infected sore": full and fair employment during and after World War II -- Attacked from the left and the right: community-organizing, civic unionism during the early years of the Cold War -- A third Labor Federation? The Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America (DPO) -- Community organizing under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
9780252094507
Discrimination in employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Minorities--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
African Americans--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
African American labor union members--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Labor unions--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD6519.N5 / P45 2013
331.88089/96073074710904