Biblioteca / 1950-1959
Philip S. Foner. The Fur and Leather Workers Union. A Story of Dramatic Struggles and Achievements.
Newark, NJ: Nordan Press, 1950.
xii, 708 páginas.
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS OF UNIONISM IN FUR AND LEATHER
1 – The Early Years
2 – Battle for the Eight-Hour Day
3 – Struggles and Setbacks
4 – How to Mislead a Union
THE INTERNATIONAL FUR WORKERS UNION IS BORN
5 – The Revolt of 1912
6 – The International Union
7 – Union or Private Business?
8 – Exit Albert Miller
9 – Emergence of the Kaufman Machine
THE STRUGGLE FOR TRADE-UNION DEMOCRACY
10 – The Disastrous Strike of 1920
11 – Battle in the New York Joint Board
12 – The Trade Union Educational League
13 – Sit Down or I’ll Knock You Down!
14 – Expulsions
15 – The Revolt of the Workers
16 – United-Front Administration
17 – The Ousting of Kaufman
1926—THE GENERAL STRIKE THAT MADE UNION HISTORY
18 – The Battle Line Forms
19 – The First Seven Weeks
20 – Carnegie Hall to 69th Armory
21 – ’Til the End of 1926—if Necessary
22 – Victory
A DECADE OF HEROIC BATTLES AGAINST GANGSTERISM, TERRORISM AND EXPULSIONS
23 – Expulsion of the New York Joint Board
24 – The Plot Thickens
25 – The 1927 Strike
26 – Betrayal in Washington
27 – The Struggle for Unity
28 – The Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union
29 – Retreat
30 – Battle for Spoils
31 – The First Offensive
32 – The Bankruptcy of the Right Wing
33 – The Second Offensive
34 – The Struggle for the Unemployed
35 – Morris Langer, Martyr of Labor
36 – Lepke-Gurrah
37 – The Real Racket-Busters
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF UNITY
38 – The Blue Eagle
39 – The Picture outside of New York
40 – The Pressure for Unity
41 – One United Union
42 – Reconstruction
43 – The Fur Workers Join the CIO
44 – The Fruits of Unity
THE FUR AND LEATHER WORKERS JOIN HANDS
45 – A Grim Story of Betrayal
46 – The National Leather Workers Association
47 – Merger of Fur and Leather
48 – Laying the Foundation in Leather
49 – The Acid Test
50 – Building the Structure in Leather
51 – The War Against Fascism
52 – Wartime Collective Bargaining
53 – The Post-War Wage Drive
54 – The Struggle Goes Forward
Conclusion