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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"American Federation of Labor (AFL)"”.
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Breakdown in the broker state: The Cio in southern Nevada during World War Ii
During World War II, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) fought a bitter jurisdictional dispute at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI), a defense plant in southern Nevada. While the CIO concentrated on organizing African-American workers, the …
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The Relationship Between the Industrial Workers of the World and the Communist Party Shortly After World War I
Recognized as one of the most revolutionary labor unions in America during the early twentieth-century by the general public and the federal government, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) separated themselves from the rest of the labor unions because of their success in executing general …
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Mutiny on the Bounty : California Newspaper Reaction to WPA Strikes in July 1939
<p>What would be the reaction of American citizens to welfare recipients striking against the government which aided them?</p> <p>In July, 1939, over one hundred thousand Works Projects Administration (WPA) workers protested a change in working hours and salary by striking. WPA, created by …
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Smashing Solidarity: Two New York Strikes at the Start of the Postwar Wave
<p>Two strikes in New York at the beginning of the massive 1945-46 strike wave—one by elevator operators in commercial buildings and another by dock workers throughout the Port of New York—can help us better understand a moment when workers exhibited a profound sense of themselves as a class, while …