Labor's home front the American Federation of Labor during World War II /

Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969-

Labor's home front the American Federation of Labor during World War II / [electronic resource] : Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - xiii, 274 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-267) and index.

The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






AFL-CIO--History--20th century.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History--20th century.


Labor policy--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.


Electronic books.

HD8072 / .K38 2006

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