| Description |
viii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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The working class in American history
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Working class in American history.
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| Contents |
Building a teamsters union -- One version of corruption : Teamsters as tyrants of the street -- Corruption viewed through union members' eyes and reform via secession -- Tobins' Union in a period of transition, 1910-40 -- "The most racketeer-ridden union in the United States": the problem of corruption in the teamsters union during the 1930s -- The possibilities and limitations of union reform during the 1930s -- "It's a business with me": the teamsters union in the 1950s under Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa -- The revelations of the McClellan Committee: corruption in the Teamsters during the 1950s -- Raising the specter of Hoffa: how the McClellan Committee shaped perceptions of union corruption -- Reform in the age of Hoffa. |
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America -- History.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. |
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History. |
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America -- Corrupt practices -- History.
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Corruption. |
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Teamsters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Teamsters -- Labor unions. |
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United States. |
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Teamsters. |
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Truck drivers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Truck drivers -- Labor unions. |
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Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Labor unions. |
| ISBN |
0252028252 |
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