"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.
Staughton Lynd’s remarks on Solidarity Unionism Staughton Lynd's speech at the 2005 IWW Centenary in Chicago, Illinois.
Union maids Three women union activists tell their fascinating stories of organising in 1930s America, recounting their conflicts with bosses, police as well as their struggles against racism and sexism…
One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
The 1946 General Strike of Rochester, New York An article about a general strike that happened in Rochester, NY over the AFL's efforts in organizing city workers.
Holiday! The Lansing general strike of 1937 A summary of the 1937 Lansing 'Labor Holiday', a general strike in the city in response to police raids on union organizers.
The battle of the overpass - Jenny Nolan An article from The Detroit News describing a 1937 incident in which UAW organizers, in their attempts to leaflet at a factory in the Detroit…
The Memorial Day massacre Daniel J. Leab looks at the different accounts of The Memorial Day Massacre, an incident in 1937 in which Chicago police killed 10 strikers.
American labor on the defensive: A 1940’s odyssey - Stan Weir An article by Stan Weir surveying the effects World War II and the post-war years had on CIO unions…
