Labor Under Fire: A History of the AFL-CIO Since 1979 - Couverture rigide

Minchin, Timothy J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1469632985 ISBN 13 : 9781469632988

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Timothy J. Minchin is professor of North American history at La Trobe University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1469632985
• ISBN 13: 9781469632988
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
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