Wobblies on the Waterfront : Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia
by
Peter Cole
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Working Class in American History
ISBN-10
0252031865
ISBN-13
9780252031861
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Imprint
University of Illinois Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 27th, 2007
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
540 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 3.80 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historySociology: work & labourPolitical science & theory
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. For much of its time, Local 8's majority was African American and included immigrants from Eastern Europe as well as many Irish Americans. In this important study, Peter Cole examines how Local 8, affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), accomplished what no other did at the time. He also shows how race was central not only to the rise but also to the decline of Local 8, as increasing racial tensions were manipulated by employers and federal agents bent on the union's destruction.
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