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Author Huibregtse, Jon R.

Title American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages).
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Series Working in the Americas
Working in the Americas.
Summary American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor R.
Contents Cover; American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Railroading Prior to World War I; Figure 1. Train crew standing around wrecked locomotives, November 1906; Figure 2. Historic caboose in Neahwa Park, Oneonta, NY; 3. The Great War and its Aftermath; Figure 3. A.B. Garrettson; 4. Grassroots Political Organization; Figure 4. His Standard Bearer, Labor, August 30, 1924; 5. The Road to Political Power, 1922-1924.
Figure 5. David B. RobertsonFigure 6. King and Queen on Election Day, Labor, October 30, 1924; 6. The Railway Labor Act; 7. Strengthening the Railway Labor Act; Figure 7. The Old Man Wakes Up, BLEJ, July 1926; Figure 8. Alexander F. Whitney; 8. Railroad Retirement and Social Security; Figure 9. ORC Home, Christmas, 1929; Figure 10. Helping to Put Over Needed Legislation, BLFEM, April1932; 9. Railroad Unions and Labor Banks; Table 1. The BLE's Financial Institutions; Figure 11. Europe Seven Weeks Tour, BLEJ, July 1923.
Figure 12. Gangway! Let a man show you how to do this job!, BLEJ, October 1928Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject New Deal, 1933-1939.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Railroads -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Railroads -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Railroads -- Employees.
Working class -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Working class -- Political activity.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1918-1945
Subject United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1918-1932
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1919-1933
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- History.
History.
Electronic books -- History.
Other Form: Print version: 9780813034652
ISBN 9780813042954 (electronic book)
081304295X (electronic book)
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