Labor's home front [electronic resource] : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2006.Description: xiii, 274 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 331.880973/09044 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8072 .K38 2006eb
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Contents:
The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-267) and index.

The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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