Labor Under Fire : A History of the AFL-CIO since 1979 Paperback / softback
by Timothy J. Minchin
Paperback / softback
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From the Reagan years to the present, the labor movement has faced a profoundly hostile climate.
As America's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO was forced to reckon with severe political and economic headwinds.
Yet the AFL-CIO survived, consistently fighting for programs that benefited millions of Americans, including social security, unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and universal health care.
With a membership of more than 13 million, it was also able to launch the largest labor march in American history--1981's Solidarity Day--and to play an important role in politics. In a history that spans from 1979 to the present, Timothy J.
Minchin tells a sweeping, national story of how the AFL-CIO sustained itself and remained a significant voice in spite of its powerful enemies and internal constraints.
Full of details, characters, and never-before-told stories drawn from unexamined, restricted, and untapped archives, as well as interviews with crucial figures involved with the organization, this book tells the definitive history of the modern AFL-CIO.
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- Pages:432 pages, 25 halftones
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2020
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- ISBN:9781469661544
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages, 25 halftones
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781469661544