Strike! - Jeremy Brecher In possibly the best book on the American working class movement ever written, Jeremy Brecher narrates the hidden history of mass strikes from…
Punching out - Martin Glaberman Seminal text by Marty Glaberman detailing his experiences of wildcat strikes and union policing of the workforce during the heyday of the UAW in…
Planks for a platform and a few words about organizing - Staughton Lynd An article by Staughton Lynd on specific practices and contract clauses that he thinks Wobblies should support.
Personal histories of the early CIO Transcript of a talk given by 5 people who were involved in CIO organizing in the 1930s.
Unions and black liberation - Martin Glaberman A critical review by Martin Glaberman of the book, The Negro and the American Labor Movement. Originally appeared in Radical America (September…
Lest we forget: in tribute to the pioneers of the great Flint sit down strike - Ronda Hauben Retrospective look at conditions workers endured prior to the Flint sit down strike…
We'll let you know when to come back - Kermit Johnson First hand account of Kermit Johnson, rank and file chairman for the strike committee during the…
Race and the CIO: the possibilities for racial egalitarianism during the 1930s and 1940s An essay by Michael Goldfield, identifying what he believes are the most important…
"Who gets the bird?" or, How the Communists won power and trust in America's unions: the relative autonomy of intraclass political struggles An essay on the American Communist Party's efforts in the CIO.
Review: Civil rights unionism: Tobacco workers and the struggle for democracy in the mid-twentieth century south A review of Robert Korstad's book on Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural,…
The CIO: from reform to reaction - E. Jones In popular mythology, the CIO was a revolutionary union in the tradition of the IWW. In actuality, the CIO was created by those opposed to the…
"We are all leaders": a symposium on a collection of essays dealing with alternative unionism in the early 1930s A collection of reviews and commentary on Staughton Lynd's book of 1930s labor history.
