Format:
1 online resource (191 pages)
ISBN:
9780813042954
Series Statement:
Working in the Americas Ser
Content:
American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act. Unfortunately, the significant contributions of the railroad laws are, more often than not, overlooked when the NLRA or Social Security are discussed. Offering a new perspective on labor unions in the 1920s, Huibregtse describes how the railroad unions created a model for union activism that workers' organizations followed for the next two decades.
Content:
Cover -- American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Railroading Prior to World War I -- 3. The Great War and its Aftermath -- 4. Grassroots Political Organization -- 5. The Road to Political Power, 1922-1924 -- 6. The Railway Labor Act -- 7. Strengthening the Railway Labor Act -- 8. Railroad Retirement and Social Security -- 9. Railroad Unions and Labor Banks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations -- Figure 1. Train crew standing around wrecked locomotives, November 1906 -- Figure 2. Historic caboose in Neahwa Park, Oneonta, NY -- Figure 3. A. B. Garrettson -- Figure 4. His Standard Bearer, Labor, August 30, 1924 -- Figure 5. David B. Robertson -- Figure 6. King and Queen on Election Day, Labor, October 30, 1924 -- Figure 7. The Old Man Wakes Up, BLEJ, July 1926 -- Figure 8. Alexander F. Whitney -- Figure 9. ORC Home, Christmas, 1929 -- Figure 10. Helping to Put Over Needed Legislation, BLFEM, April1932 -- Figure 11. Europe Seven Weeks Tour, BLEJ, July 1923 -- Figure 12. Gangway! Let a man show you how to do this job!, BLEJ, October 1928 -- Table 1. The BLE's Financial Institutions.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813034652
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813034652
Language:
English
Keywords:
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