New York Longshoremen : Class and Power on the Docks.

By: Mello, William JMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Working in the AmericasPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2007Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813040271Subject(s): Stevedores -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York | Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York | Working class -- New York (State) -- New YorkGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: New York Longshoremen : Class and Power on the DocksDDC classification: 322/.2097471 LOC classification: HD8039.L82 -- U6547 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cvr -- Table of Contents vii -- List of Illustrations ix -- Foreword xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- Introduction 1 -- 1 History as Class Politics on the Docks 6 -- 2 Who Controls the Waterfront? 27 -- 3 Who Speaks for New York's Dockworkers? 68 -- 4 Port Automation and Control of the Dock Labor Process 121 -- 5 "The Health and Safety of the Nation" 153 -- Conclusion: Class and Power 197 -- Notes 203 -- Bibliography 227 -- Index 233.
Summary: New York Longshoremen reveals how labor relations on the docks were driven from below by radical and reform rank-and-file movements led by communists, Catholics, and local union leaders. William Mello uncovers this little-known history that depicts the impact of state and local politics and political institutions on the labor movement in postwar America.
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Cvr -- Table of Contents vii -- List of Illustrations ix -- Foreword xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- Introduction 1 -- 1 History as Class Politics on the Docks 6 -- 2 Who Controls the Waterfront? 27 -- 3 Who Speaks for New York's Dockworkers? 68 -- 4 Port Automation and Control of the Dock Labor Process 121 -- 5 "The Health and Safety of the Nation" 153 -- Conclusion: Class and Power 197 -- Notes 203 -- Bibliography 227 -- Index 233.

New York Longshoremen reveals how labor relations on the docks were driven from below by radical and reform rank-and-file movements led by communists, Catholics, and local union leaders. William Mello uncovers this little-known history that depicts the impact of state and local politics and political institutions on the labor movement in postwar America.

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