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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"United Rubber Workers"”.
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A History of the United Rubber Workers in Gadsden, Alabama, 1936-1943.
Organized labor entered the 20th century full of hope. Labor leaders had become convinced, through such violent struggles as the Pullman Strike, that more peaceful means must be found to settle labor-management disputes. Many industrial leaders had also become aware of the economic and political …
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The Discursive Commons: The Establishment, "Outside Agitators," And "Communist Subversives" In Gadsden's Depression-Era Political Environment
… by the establishment to incite violence against United Rubber Workers union organizers who came to Gadsden to enlist members in the 1930s and early 1940s. It is my contention that these discursive formations had affective power over the people who committed acts of violence against their own …