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Pages: 312
Authors: James Douglas Rose
Categories: Duquesne (Pa.)
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Not all workers' needs were served by the union. Focusing on the steel works at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a linchpin of the old Carnegie Steel Company empire and
Public Workers in Service of America
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-08-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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From white-collar executives to mail carriers, public workers meet the needs of the entire nation. Frederick W. Gooding Jr. and Eric S. Yellin edit a collection
Labor's End
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Jason Resnikoff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-18 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Labor's End traces the discourse around automation from its origins in the factory to its wide-ranging implications in political and social life. As Jason Resni
Where Are the Workers?
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Robert Forrant
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-28 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown t
Workers in Hard Times
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Leon Fink
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Seeking to historicize the 2007-2009 Great Recession, this volume of essays situates the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of pre