Timothy J. Minchin

Labor Under Fire (eBook, ePUB)

A History of the AFL-CIO since 1979

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781469632995
• Artikelnr.: 49971832

Autorenporträt

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