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Commonwealth of toil : chapters in the history of Massachusetts workers and their unions / Tom Juravich, William F. Hartford, James R. Green.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, �1996.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585253463
  • 9780585253466
  • 1122054556
  • 9781122054553
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Commonwealth of toil.DDC classification:
  • 331.88/09744 20
LOC classification:
  • HD8083.M4 J87 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Workers in the New Commonwealth, 1800-1849 -- Factory system in Lowell -- Boston bootmakers -- From slavery to freedom, 1850-1865 -- The call for solidarity, 1866-1901 -- The Crispins and the Knights of Labor -- The American Federation of Labor -- Irish immigrants build Holyoke -- Women workers struggle for dignity and equality, 1902-1919 -- The Strike for Bread and Roses in Lawrence -- The women's Trade Union League and the telephone operators -- From raw deal to New deal, 1920-1939 -- The birth of the CIO and the revival of the AFL -- Labor in the Modern Commonwealth, 1940-1955 -- Labor in the War Years -- Boston's packinghouse workers -- New workers, new unions, 1956-1980 -- Public employees organize -- University workers adopt new tactics -- New challenges, new strategies, 1981-1995 -- Protecting health and safety -- Massachusetts building trades fight back.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.

Print version record.

Workers in the New Commonwealth, 1800-1849 -- Factory system in Lowell -- Boston bootmakers -- From slavery to freedom, 1850-1865 -- The call for solidarity, 1866-1901 -- The Crispins and the Knights of Labor -- The American Federation of Labor -- Irish immigrants build Holyoke -- Women workers struggle for dignity and equality, 1902-1919 -- The Strike for Bread and Roses in Lawrence -- The women's Trade Union League and the telephone operators -- From raw deal to New deal, 1920-1939 -- The birth of the CIO and the revival of the AFL -- Labor in the Modern Commonwealth, 1940-1955 -- Labor in the War Years -- Boston's packinghouse workers -- New workers, new unions, 1956-1980 -- Public employees organize -- University workers adopt new tactics -- New challenges, new strategies, 1981-1995 -- Protecting health and safety -- Massachusetts building trades fight back.

English.

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