Labor's home front [electronic resource] : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 274 p.) : illISBN:- 9781435600379 (electronic bk.)
- 1435600371 (electronic bk.)
- AFL-CIO -- History -- 20th century
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Labor policy -- United States -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- AFL-CIO
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
- Electronic books
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- 331.880973/09044 22
- HD8072 .K38 2006eb
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.
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