A renegade union interracial organizing and labor radicalism / [electronic resource] :
Lisa Phillips.
- Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2013.
- xv, 231 p. : ill.
- The working class in American history .
- Working class in American history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Community-based, "catch-all" organizing on New York's Lower East side -- Getting beyond racial, ethnic, religious, and skill-based divisions -- "Like a scab over an infected sore": full and fair employment during and after World War II -- Attacked from the left and the right: community-organizing, civic unionism during the early years of the Cold War -- A third Labor Federation? The Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America (DPO) -- Community organizing under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Labor unions--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. African American labor union members--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. African Americans--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Minorities--Employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Discrimination in employment--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.