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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Jewish Unions in America
Author: Bernard Weinstein
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783743565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783743565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ...
Author: Francis Bazley Lee
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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A History of the Labor Movement in California
Author: Ira Brown Cross
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520026469
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520026469
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Reigniting the Labor Movement
Author: Gerald Friedman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135985839
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Labor's democratic dilemmas -- Has the forward march of labor halted? -- Labor's liberty is a social product -- How unions grew and why they stopped -- Explaining the inexplicable : accounting for the madness of moments -- When workers win : dilemmas of success -- The limits of social democracy : did success kill the labor movement? -- Reigniting the labor movement : restoring means to ends.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135985839
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Labor's democratic dilemmas -- Has the forward march of labor halted? -- Labor's liberty is a social product -- How unions grew and why they stopped -- Explaining the inexplicable : accounting for the madness of moments -- When workers win : dilemmas of success -- The limits of social democracy : did success kill the labor movement? -- Reigniting the labor movement : restoring means to ends.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families
Author: Charles Rhoads Roberts
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Category : Lehigh County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Category : Lehigh County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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A Genealogical History of the Spence Family of Western Pennsylvania
Author: J. Kurt Spence
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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James Spence was born in 1760 or 1763 and died in 1833. He married Martha Bell. She died either 1820 or 1830. They had 8 children. The family came to America after 1780 and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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James Spence was born in 1760 or 1763 and died in 1833. He married Martha Bell. She died either 1820 or 1830. They had 8 children. The family came to America after 1780 and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Author: Morton Luther Montgomery
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Category : Berks County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Category : Berks County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Samuel Carpenter and His Descendants
Author: Edward Carpenter
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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