John L. Lewis and the international union, United Mine Workers of America; the story from 1917 to 1952. United Mine Workers of America
Material type: TextPublication details: Charleston, WV : International Executive Board, United Mineworkers of America . 1952.Description: 255 pages : black and white photographs ; 29 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 331.8812233
- HD 8073 .L4 U5
- 15.85
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks | HD 8073 .L4 U5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML22090001 |
Includes index.
This is copy no. 4,228 of a limited first edition of 6,000 copies
About this book by Rex Lauck -- Chapter 1, The early days, statistician to President -- Chapter 2. No backward step, the union fights for its life -- Chapter 3. Join the union, labor wins the right to organize -- Chapter 4. The CIO is born, organizing the unorganized -- Chatper 5. Coal and bayonets, the UMWA in World War II -- Chapter 6. God bless the day, the welfare fund -- Chapter 7. The thundering voice, and a mighty host -- UMWA roster.
"This book is a history in pictures and words of the most dramatic period in the story of American labor. ... The words, for the most part, are those of Mr. Lewis.They record, as only his words can, the story from 1917 to 1952 of the "the mighty host" that is the United Mine Workers of America. They tell of the 1919 strike, the Jacksonville Agreement, Mingo and Logan Counties, "No Backward Step," the Guffey Goal Act, the organization of the mass production workers into the CIO, the "Little Steel" strike, Harlan County, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II, the fight for the realization of the union's welfare fund." (from "About this Book," by rex Lauck.
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