On the Eve of America's Entrance Into World War I, 1915-1916

On the Eve of America's Entrance Into World War I, 1915-1916
Author: Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1982
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Henry Ford's $5 day; strikes in Arizona mines, Youngstown OH; Bayonne NJ; NY City Transit strike, 1916; Garment workers; Women workers; RR workers and the 8-hour day; Black workers on the eve of WWI, and more.

History of the Labor Movement in the United States

History of the Labor Movement in the United States
Author: Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1988
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780717806522

Labor and the Red Scare; Seattle and Winnipeg general strikes; Boston telephone and police strikes; Streetcar strikes in Chicago, Denver, Knoxville, Kansas City; strikes in clothing, textile, coal and steel; The open-shop drive; Strikes and Black-white relationships; the AFL and the Black worker; the IWW; Communist Party founded; Political action 1918-1920.

Women and the American Labor Movement: From colonial times to the eve of World War I

Women and the American Labor Movement: From colonial times to the eve of World War I
Author: Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher: New York : Free Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1979
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

An account of the efforts of women to improve their working conditions, often in the face of hostility from employers and the public and the indifference of the male-dominated trade unions, discussing these efforts against the background of the major social, political, and economic events in American history.