The unfinished struggle
Subtitle: turning points in American labor, 1877-present
By: Steve Babson
Series: Critical issues in history
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Labor movement -- United States -- History; Labor unions -- United States -- History; Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History; Labor movement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History; Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History; Strikes and lockouts -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Description: "Labor scholar and activist Steve Babson's narrative examines the numerous attempts to organize workers from the Great Uprising of 1877 to the "sitdown" strikes of the 1930s to the present day. Babson illuminates the tumultuous past, evolving agenda, and continuing conflicts of the labor movement. He identifies the causes of labor's decline in recent decades and explains union leaders' attempts to revive their organizations.

Most important, Babson shows readers how the fortunes of organized labor are tied to larger trends in American history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181) and index