After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman (Working Class in Amer

Description: The 1894 Pullman strike and the rise of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played major roles in the century-long development of union organizing and labor-management relations in the Pullman Company. Susan Eleanor Hirsch connects the stories of Pullman car builders and porters to answer critical questions like: what created job segregation by race and gender? What role did such segregation play in shaping the labor movement?Hirsch illuminates the relationship between labor organizing and the racial and sexual discrimination practiced by both employers and unions. Because the Pullman Company ran the sleeping-car service for American railroads and was a major manufacturer of railcars, its workers were involved in virtually every wave of union organizing from the 1890s to the 1940s.In exploring the years of struggle by the men and women of the Pullman Company, After the…condition info: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages. Former library copy.

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EAN: 9780252027918

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Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Publication Name: After the Strike : a Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman

Language: English

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Publication Year: 2003

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, United States / 19th Century, Labor

Item Weight: 18.1 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Susan Eleanor Hirsch

Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics, History

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Series: Working Class in American History Ser.

Format: Hardcover