History of the labor movement in the United States : Volume VIII: Postwar struggles, 1918-1920 / By Philip S. Foner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of the labor movement in the United StatesPublication details: New York, NY: International Publishers Co., Inc., ©1988. Description: (Volume Eight) : 305 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 071780092X
  • 0717803880
Other title:
  • Postwar struggles, 1918-1920 [Cover title]
  • Volume VIII: Postwar struggles, 1918-1920 [Other title]
  • Volume Eight: Postwar struggles, 1918-1920 [Other title]
  • Volume 8: Postwar struggles, 1918-1920 [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.88/0973 19
LOC classification:
  • HD 6508 .F57 1988
Partial contents:
1. The setting I: The struggle for control -- 2. The setting II: Red Scare and Red Summer -- 3. The U.S. labor movement and the Bolshevik Revolution -- 4. General strike: Seattle and Winnipeg -- 5. The Boston Telephone and Police Strikes -- 6. Streetcar strikes -- 7. Strikes of clothing and textile workers -- 8. Strikes of coal miners and steel workers -- 9. The open shop drive, 1919-1920 -- 10. Strikes and black-white relationships -- 11. The AFL [American Federation of Labor] and the black worker -- 12. The IWW [Industrial Workers of the World] in the postwar period -- 13. The split in the Socialist Party and the formation of the Communist Party -- 14. Political action, 1918-1920.
Summary: This volume concentrates on the "post-war years", 1918-1920. The resource covers the strike wave of 1919, in which four million workers walked off the job, challenging employers' control of the workplace. This walkout affected more workers than any previous period in American history, reflecting the wartime growth of union strength, but also the determination of employers to wipe out labor's gains. These events set the stage for post-war relations in respect to the industrialist-backed national, state, and municipal authorities and the media. This volume also covers the dissemination of anti-Bolshevik propaganda and the subsequent denial of the legitimacy of labor's protests. The present volume demonstrates that, given the correct structure, a militant rank-and-file leadership, and labor unity, unions are able to overcome obstacles and triumph. -- from the preface
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This is the eighth volume of the history of the labor movement in the United States series. It is preceded by the seventh volume: Labor and World War I, 1914-1918; and succeeded by the ninth volume: The T.U.E.L. (Trade Union Educational League) to the End of the Gompers Era.

This resource includes a table showing the old wage scale compared to the new wage scale demands of Boston telephone operators in 1918.

This book includes biographical summaries of individuals mentioned in the eighth volume of this publication.

Includes biographical references (pages 275-295) and index.

1. The setting I: The struggle for control -- 2. The setting II: Red Scare and Red Summer -- 3. The U.S. labor movement and the Bolshevik Revolution -- 4. General strike: Seattle and Winnipeg -- 5. The Boston Telephone and Police Strikes -- 6. Streetcar strikes -- 7. Strikes of clothing and textile workers -- 8. Strikes of coal miners and steel workers -- 9. The open shop drive, 1919-1920 -- 10. Strikes and black-white relationships -- 11. The AFL [American Federation of Labor] and the black worker -- 12. The IWW [Industrial Workers of the World] in the postwar period -- 13. The split in the Socialist Party and the formation of the Communist Party -- 14. Political action, 1918-1920.

This volume concentrates on the "post-war years", 1918-1920. The resource covers the strike wave of 1919, in which four million workers walked off the job, challenging employers' control of the workplace. This walkout affected more workers than any previous period in American history, reflecting the wartime growth of union strength, but also the determination of employers to wipe out labor's gains. These events set the stage for post-war relations in respect to the industrialist-backed national, state, and municipal authorities and the media. This volume also covers the dissemination of anti-Bolshevik propaganda and the subsequent denial of the legitimacy of labor's protests. The present volume demonstrates that, given the correct structure, a militant rank-and-file leadership, and labor unity, unions are able to overcome obstacles and triumph. -- from the preface

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