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Kimeldorf, Howard.

Title Battling for American labor : wobblies, craft workers, and the making of the union movement / Howard Kimeldorf.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Special Collections Reitz	331.88 K57b, 1999	---	Lib Use Only

Description	x, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-238) and index.
Contents	1. Explaining union allegiance -- 2. Industrial syndicalism on the Philadelphia waterfront -- 3. Wobblies under siege -- 4. Serving up industrial syndicalism on the streets of New York -- 5. "More business sense and stability than the I.W.W." -- 6. Syndicalism, pure and simple.
Subject	Labor unions -- United States -- History.
	Labor movement -- United States -- History.
	Syndicalism -- United States -- History.
	Industrial Workers of the World -- History.
	American Federation of Labor -- History.
	Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
	Restaurants -- Employees -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
ISBN	0520218337 (alk. paper)
	9780520218338 (alk. paper)
	0520218329 (alk. paper)
	9780520218321 (alk. paper)