Shadow of the racketeer
Subtitle: scandal in organized labor
By: David Witwer.
Series: The working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780252034176
Subjects: Pegler, J. Westbrook -- 1894-1969; Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Organized crime -- United States; Labor movement -- United States -- History; Labor leaders -- United States -- History; Racketeering -- United States; Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: "Portions of this book appeared in a different form as "The Case of the Two Percent Assessment and the Question of Union Suceptibility," Trends in Organized Crime 9, no. 4 (2006): 102-126; as "Westbrook Pegler and the Anti-Union Movement," Journal of American History 92, no. 2 (2005): 527-52. (Copyright (c) Organization of American Historians <http://www.oah.org>. Reprinted with permission.); and portions of chapter 5 appeared in a different form as "The Scandal of George Scalise: A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s," Journal of Social History 36, no. 4 (2003): 917-40."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The columnist : a crusading journalist; title: The outfit : organized crime and labor racketeering; title: Browne, Bioff and Scalise : the dynamics of union corruption; title: The Hollywood case : racketeering in the 1930s from a business perspective; title: Union members and corruption : exploitation and disillusionment; title: Union members and corruption : the potential for reform; title: The newsmen : "molders of public opinion"; title: The scandal's political impact : Pegler and anti-unionism; title: "Labor must clean house": the challenge of responding to Pegler; title: Conclusion : opportunities lost and opportunities taken.