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Philip S. Foner. The AFL in the Progressive Era, 1910-1915.

Biblioteca / 1980-1989

Philip S. Foner. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 5: The AFL in the Progressive Era, 1910-1915.

Nueva York: International Publishers, 1980.

293 páginas.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 – THE MCNAMARA CASE

Background and the L.A. Times Explosion

The Arrests and the Defense Campaign

McNamara Confessions and the Aftermath

2 – LABOR AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT: I

The Muckrakers

«The System»

The Progressive Program

Labor and Direct Legislation

Labor and the Recall

3 – LABOR AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT: II

Labor and Municipal Reform

Labor and Reform in Toledo

Labor and Reform in Cleveland

Labor and Municipal Ownership: Chicago

Labor and Municipal Ownership: New York

Labor and Municipal Ownership: Conclusion

Labor’s Progressive Program

AFL Leadership and the Progressive Movement

4 – THE POLITICAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE AFL, 1910-1912

Progressives in Congress

Sentiment for Independent Political Action

The Election of 1910

Labor Victories

The National Conventions of 1912

The 1912 Campaign

5 – THE FRUITS OF VICTORY

Beginning of the Wilson Administration

No Relief from the Sherman Act

The 1913 AFL Convention

The AFL and Social Legislation

The Clayton Act

What Did Labor Gain?

6 – THE GENERAL STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA, 1910

The Street Car Strike

The General Strik

End of the Strikes

7 – THE SHOPMEN’S STRIKE ON THE HARRIMAN SYSTEM, 1911-1915

Background and Causes of the Strike

The Harriman System Strike

End of the Strike

8 – REVOLT OF THE MINERS: WEST VIRGINIA, 1912-1913

The Strike

End of the Strike

9 – REVOLT OF THE MINERS: COLORADO, 1913-1914

The Strike and the «Ludlow Massacre»

End of the Strike

10 – REVOLT OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER MINERS, 1913

The Strike

End of the Strike

11 – REVOLT OF THE GARMENT WORKERS: I – UPRISING OF THE WAISTMAKERS

The Strike

End of the Strike

  1. REVOLT OF THE GARMENT WORKERS: II – REPERCUSSIONS

New York Cloak Makers’ Strike

Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee

New York Fur Workers’ Strike

White Goods and Men’s Clothing Strikes

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America