Biblioteca / 1960-1969
Philip S. Foner. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 3: The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900-1909.
Nueva York: International Publishers, 1964.
3ra reimpresión, 1977.
476 páginas.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
1 – LABOR MOVES INTO A NEW CENTURY
Capital Rejoices
Prosperity For Whom?
Plight of the Children
Wages and Hours
Accidents and Health Hazards
Workers’ Housing and Homework
Upsurge in Labor’s Ranks
«The Era of Good Feeling»
2 – THE OPEN-SHOP DRIVE
The Attack Begins
The Citizens’ Alliance
National Association of Manufacturers
American Anti-Boycott Association
Other Open-Shop Associations
Open-Shop Technique
Strikebreaking and Vigilantism
Pressure to Join Open-Shop Drive
The Anti-Union Propaganda Front
The Trade Union Reply
Results of the Open-Shop Drive
3 – THE NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION, I: ORGANIZATION AND IDEOLOGY
Composition of the N.C.F.
Role of Ralph M. Easley
The N.C.F. and the Open-Shop Drive
The N.C.F. Strategy
Welfare Work and Labor Legislation
4 – THE NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION, II: ROLE IN STRIKES
The Steel Strike of 1901
The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
The Interborough Rapid Transit Strike
Battle Over the National Civic Federation
5 – THE CHURCH AND LABOR
Role of the Catholic Church
Papal Encyclicals
Attitudes of Cardinals and Bishops
Catholic Message to the A.F. of L.
Catholic Labor Societies
The Militia of Christ
Response of A.F. of L. leaders
The N.C.F. and Catholic Organizations
Presbyterian Department of Church and Labor
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Role of the Jewish Rabbis
Conclusion
6 – BUSINESS UNIONISM
Emergence of Business-Minded Union Leadership
The Corruption System
«Living Standards» of Business Union Leaders
«Justification» of Business Unionism
Despotic Control of Unions
The A.F. of L. and Corruption Issue
Why the A.F. of L. Refused to Act
7 – REACTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
The Will to Organize
Industrial Changes
Craft Unions Fail to Adjust
8 – CRAFT VERSUS INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM
Basis of the Conflict
Federal Labor Unions
Scranton Declaration
Union Scabs
Jurisdictional Disputes
Amalgamations and Departments
9 – WOMEN AND NEGRO WORKERS
High Dues and Initiation Fees
A.F. of L. and Women Workers
A.F. of L. and Negro Workers
Negroes Driven Out of Trades
The Issue of Negro Strikebreaking
Division in Negro’s Ranks
A.F. of L. and Negro Rights
Negro-White Unity
Results of A.F. of L. Policy
10 – THE IMMIGRANT WORKERS
A.F. of L. and European Immigrants
A.F. of L. Favors Restricting Immigration
A.F. of L. Refuted
Special Problems in Organizing Immigrants
A.F. of L. and the Asian Immigrants
Were the Asian Immigrants a Threat?
Asian Workers and Unionism
Conclusion
11 – POLITICAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES, 1900-1905
A.F. of L. on Political Action
Union Labor Party of San Francisco
Repercussions Elsewhere
«Government by Injunction»
A.F. of L. Seeks to End «Gov[1]ernment by Injunction»
Congressional Campaign of 1904
Presidential Campaign of 1904
12 – LABOR’S «BILL OF GRIEVANCES» AND THE 1906 CAMPAIGN
Increasing Attack on Labor
Impact of British Experience
Labor’s «Bill of Grievances»
Preparations for the 1906 Campaign
The Campaign in Maine
The Campaign Elsewhere
The 1906 A.F. of L. Campaign
Congressional Setback
13 – POLITICAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES, 1907-1909
Lull in 1907
Anti-Labor Offensive by the Courts
Labor’s Reaction
The Political Conventions of 1908
A.F. of L. Campaigns for Bryan
Results of the Election of 1908
1908 A.F. of L. Convention
The Courts Again
Political Inertia
14 – THE SOCIALISTS, 1900-1905: «BORING FROM WITHIN»
«Boring from Within» and «Boring from Without»
Ideology of the Socialist Party
The Socialists and Labor Political Action
Socialists at A.F. of L. Conventions
Socialist Growth and It’s Nature
15 – THE WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS
Employers’ Offensive Against W.F. of M.
Military Despotism
Growth of the W.F. of M.
Constitution and Objectives
W.F. of M. and the A.F. of L.
16 – THE AMERICAN LABOR UNION
A Federation of Western Workers
The Western Labor Union
War between A.F. of L. and W.L.U.
Formation of the American Labor Union
A.F. of L. Attacks on A.L.U.
Growth of the A.L.U.
A.L.U. Convention
A.L.U. and A.F. of L. Unions
A.L.U. and Socialist Party
Decline of the A.L.U.
Significance of the A.L.U.