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Historical account of the activities of the united mine workers of america, the trade union representing coal miners in the USA from 1840 to 1973 - covers the growth of umw membership, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, union leadership, internal conflict, legal aspects, political aspects, occupational disease and occupational accidents resulting from a lack of occupational safety, etc. Bibliography pp. 297 to 301....
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Biographical study of trade unionist harry bridges and his leadership of the West coast international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union (docker) in the USA from 1934 to 1972 - discusses his role in labour relations matters, examines his prosecution and attempted deportation as an alleged communist, strike and unofficial strike activities, labour court trials, the organization of dockers and rural workers in Hawaii, etc., and describes the mechanization...
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"In 1883, the Brotherhood of Telegraphers, a nationwide union affiliated with the Knights of Labor, began what proved to be an unsuccessful strike against Western Union. The strike was well publicized, for it pitted a new group of middle-class employees against an enormous corporation headed by Jay Gould. Using the strike as a starting point, [the author] has written a social history of American telegraphy in the late nineteenth century, exploring...
17) Collision course: Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America
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In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organized labor. As Joseph A. McCartin writes, the strike was the culmination of two decades of escalating conflict between controllers and the government that stemmed from the high-pressure nature of the job and the controllers'...
18) The given day
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An epic tale set at the end of World War I follows the experiences of a family whose lives mirror the political unrest of an America caught between its well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. Police officer Danny Coughlin, the latest in a long line of cops, is a fresh face on the force and anxious to impress his father. Thus, he agrees to go undercover to infiltrate a group of anarchists involved in labor strikes. As Danny penetrates this...
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Massacre at Mystic: The first time the English settlers engaged in the slaughter of Native Americans after years of relatively peaceful coexistence. Shays' Rebellion: A violent protest against dept collection and taxation motivated George Washington to come out of retirement to help strengthen the fragile new nation which led to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Gold rush: The discovery of gold spurred tremendous financial and physical growth...
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