The American revolution: Pages from a negro worker's notebook In 1963, drawing on his own experience as a factory worker and radical militant, James Boggs wrote…
Testimony of a black worker - Charles Denby Extracts from Charles Denby's excellent autobiographical work, Indignant Heart - Testimony of a Black Worker. The extracts describe his…
The origins of the union shop - Tom Wetzel Article about the practice and limitations of union (closed) shops in the US workers' movement in the 1930s and 40s. In particular it examines…
Wartime strikes: The struggle against the no-strike pledge in the UAW during World War II - Martin Glaberman Martin Glaberman's examination of American car industry workers wildcat strike wave…
The Left in the Detroit Labour Movement - Martin Glaberman Martin Glaberman reviews - and contests the accuracy and honesty of - two books on the Detroit union movement.
Father of Cybernetics Norbert Wiener's Letter to UAW President Walter Reuther 1949 letter from a leading scientist to the head of the American auto workers union warning him about new technology and the negative impact it would have on manufacturing workers.
1938 Maytag strike Account of 1938 Maytag strike in Newton, Iowa by workers affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). The…
The US industrial workers’ movement Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward analyse the movement of industrial workers and the role of the unions following the great depression, from…
Wildcat! The wartime strike wave in the auto industry - Ed Jennings Ed Jennings' account of the widespread movement of wildcat strikes in the United States auto…
The World War II and post-war strike wave - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher on the huge, often unofficial, strikes which swept the US during and after World War…
Flint 1936-7: Diary of a sitdowner The diary of one of the striking General Motors workers who occupied their factories between December 1936 and February 1937.
1934: Minneapolis Teamsters strike A history of the 1934 strike of Teamsters in Minneapolis and the organising of workers of trucking companies across the city prior to it.
