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Author Ryan, Francis, 1971-

Title AFSCME's Philadelphia story : municipal workers and urban power in the twentieth century / Francis Ryan.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.

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 Moore Stacks  HD8005.2.U53 P457 2011    Available  ---
Description ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ward politics and municipal labor in Philadelphia in the 1920s -- The founding of the Municipal Workers Union -- Forging municipal unionism in Philadelphia, 1939-1945 -- The challenge of reform, 1946-1952 -- Working for America's city, 1952-1961 -- The new militancy in Philadelphia -- The Stout Era, 1970-1986 -- Philadelphia municipal workers in a global age.
Subject AFSCME. District Council 33 (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History.
AFSCME. District Council 33 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
History.
Municipal officials and employees -- Labor unions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Municipal officials and employees -- Labor unions.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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