San Antonio College Library

"Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor: Second Edition captures the dynamism of this complex subject and makes it accessible to all readers. With 400 entries on organized labor in countries worldwide, an updated chronology, and an extensive bibliography, this dictionary is an excellent source for research on past and current issues. Notable new and revised material includes an extensive statistical appendix, a guide to relevant Internet sites,...

Alphabetically-arranged entries cover the people, events, organizations, and court cases that have influenced the organization of American labor. Also pinpoints major labor issues like children in the workplace, the eight-hour working day, job safety, minimum wages, and others.

Publisher's description: Recasting labor studies in a long-term and global framework, the book draws on a major new database on world labor unrest to show how local labor movements have been related to world-scale political, economic and social processes since the late-nineteenth century. Through an in-depth empirical analysis of select global industries it demonstrates how the main locations of labor unrest have shifted from country to country together...