Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement beset by opponents who, he said, represent neither conscience nor humanity, but rather greed and avarice. This installment in the multivolume documentary history of the nation's premier labor leader spotlights a pivotal period in the AFL's development.
Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement beset by opponents who, he said, represent neither conscience nor humanity, but rather...
Between 1913 and 1917, the American Federation of Labor launched a wide-ranging campaign to organize women workers, expanded the Labor Forward Movement to organize the unorganized, tested new methods of reaching unskilled workers, and welcomed new unions into the fold. In this ninth volume of documentary history of the nation's premier labor leader, we learn of Gompers' successful efforts to secure passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act and the La Follette Seamen's Act, which underscored his effectiveness as a labor lobbyist. His growing stature in Washington led to meetings with President...
Between 1913 and 1917, the American Federation of Labor launched a wide-ranging campaign to organize women workers, expanded the Labor Forward Movemen...
For the newly United States under the Constitution, the central question during the 1790s was whether the centre would hold. The essays in this volume explore some of the potentially divisive realities that characterised the Federalist Era.
For the newly United States under the Constitution, the central question during the 1790s was whether the centre would hold. The essays in this volume...
As Scholars Have Long Recognized, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution - the Bill of Rights - resulted from the political negotiations that transpired in the various state ratifying conventions called to approve or reject the draft produced by the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The tenacious opposition that had marked many of the convention's deliberations quickly carried over into the states where Antifederalists, convinced that the proposed new form of government posed insidious dangers to the people and the states, insisted that its powers be sharply proscribed. The...
As Scholars Have Long Recognized, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution - the Bill of Rights - resulted from the political negoti...
A re-examination of the Native American experience in the post-Revolutionary period. It discusses the Native Americans and the US, traces histories of specific tribal communities, and explores the stories and pictures used by the Americans to describe Native Americans during the expansion.
A re-examination of the Native American experience in the post-Revolutionary period. It discusses the Native Americans and the US, traces histories of...
Volume 11 of the "Samuel Gompers Papers "documents a pivotal moment in labor history, when the wartime promise of industrial democracy gave way to business as usual in the postwar world. Spanning a turbulent period of wildcat strikes, racial unrest, and political experimentation, this volume presents the efforts of Gompers and the AFL to defend collective bargaining, protect hard-won wartime gains, and advance labor's role as a partner in economic prosperity and social progress.
This indispensable volume includes such episodes as the Seattle General Strike, the 1919 coal and steel...
Volume 11 of the "Samuel Gompers Papers "documents a pivotal moment in labor history, when the wartime promise of industrial democracy gave way to ...
Still working hard in his seventies, Samuel Gompers gave no thought to retiring. But he faced a world of challenges in his final years as president of the American Federation of Labor. Ascendant Republicans were hostile. Conflicts over tactics and strategies divided the labor movement. And continuing unemployment kept the work force in check. Despite all this, Gompers "kept the faith," helping revitalize the AFL's nonpartisan political efforts, launching a campaign to organize women workers, and strengthening the Pan-American Federation of Labor. At the same time, he challenged government...
Still working hard in his seventies, Samuel Gompers gave no thought to retiring. But he faced a world of challenges in his final years as president...
Volume 10 of the "Samuel Gompers Papers" focuses on the AFL's struggle to serve the nation and the labour movement during the critical period when American neutrality gave way to war. Beginning with Gompers' last minute effort to persuade German workers to avoid war with the United States, it follows the labour movement's internal debate over the meaning of American participation and the Executive Council's pragmatic - and in some cases reluctant - pledge of support, offered just weeks before war was declared. This volume also charts the evolution of a new relation between organized labour...
Volume 10 of the "Samuel Gompers Papers" focuses on the AFL's struggle to serve the nation and the labour movement during the critical period when Ame...
