Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608467872 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His book is filled with anecdotes of working-class racism undermining genuine workers’ power in favor of the paltry protections of white privilegefrom the erection of occupational color bars by unions to the outbreaks of wildcat strikes against the hiring of black workers. Tabb, Review, Review of Black Political Economy"Organized Labor and the Black Worker … documents a very long history of trade union and white working-class intransigence to Black working-class advancement alongside episodes of interracial class unity and the elusive promi
"It has some great information for the period covered" according to J.R.. This is a comprehensive review of the relationship between white and black workers and how it was played out inside the unions. It has some great information for the period covered. He clearly shows the contradictory developments - workers moving towards united struggle vs. racist exclusion clauses in several unions. The one shortcoming is that it lacks an expl
In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers’ contribution to the American labor movement.