Singlejack solidarity

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Edited and with an afterword by George LipsitzBlue-collar intellectual and activist, Stan Weir devoted his life to the advocacy of his fellow workers. Singlejack Solidarity offers a rare look at life and social relations as seen from the factory, dockside, and the shop floor. Gathered here for the first time, Weirs writingspart memoir, labor history, and polemicdocument a crucial chapter in the story of working-class America.

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Full title :Singlejack solidarity / Stan Weir ; edited and with an afterword by George Lipsitz ; foreword by Norm Diamond.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Minnesota Press
Place of Publication:Minneapolis
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2004.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780816695652, 0816695652
oclc:ocn228145221
LC Classification:HD6509.W456
Dewey Decimal:331.88/092

Foreword; I. Working-Class Cultures; II. The Human Costs of Automation; III. Solidarity Networks; IV. Workers, Politics, and Social Change; V. The Vanguard Party and Worker Self-Activity; VI. Primary Work Groups; VII. The Failure of Business Unionism, the Rank and File Alternative; Notes; Publication History; Index.

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Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General History Labor movement Labor movement -- History -- 20th centu… Labor unions Labor unions -- Biography. -- Officials… Labor unions -- Biography. -- United St… Labor unions -- Officials and employees Mouvement ouvrier -- Histoire -- 20e si… Syndicats -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Syndicats -- Biographies. -- Fonctionna… Syndicats -- Biographies. -- Personnel … United States Weir, Stan