Wobblies on the waterfront
Subtitle: interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia
By: Peter Cole.
Series: The working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252031861
Subjects: Industrial Workers of the World -- History; Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Labor unions -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : in search of Local 8; title: Philadelphia : "the graveyard of unionism"; title: Wobblies take the docks; title: There is power in a union; title: War on the waterfront; title: Onward one big union?; title: Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike; title: The Philadelphia controversy; title: Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922; title: Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism.