Applied Operations Mgt. Afflictions - Psych. A 6 page paper on this event in labor history as described by Steven Golin in his 1988 book. The writer describes the conditions which led to the unorganized strike by silk workers, who were subsequently supported by the IWW and intellectuals of the time.
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For the most part, the work discusses the important and ever-changing role that labor has played in the U.S. economy from the 19th century onward. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources. Shortly after Billy Joel sang of the woes of 'Allentown,' the story of hard-working Pennsylvania steel mill employees in the early 1980s, Bruce Springsteen was making himself hugely rich and incomparably famous with some of the most overtly political music in pop history. Bibliography lists 4 sources. A 5 page paper discussing IEBW Local 3 and CWA Local 1180.