From Blackjacks to Briefcases by Robert Michael Smith
From the beginning of the industrial age, companies faced with militant workers have often turned to agencies that specialize in ending strikes and breaking unions. This text studies the history of this secretive industry.
“This book is as interesting as the title promisesIt is an excellent little volume, succinct and well-researched. The main thesis of the book is compellingly laid out, bringing readers easily to share the author's contention that union-busting today is much the same as it was in 1880.”
“Few people, even in the labor movement, know the tremendous investment and effort put into unionbusting over the past century. The book vividly demonstrates the need for labor history as an integral part of labor education and a stimulus to activism.”
“This work will become the convenient handbook for the distasteful but necessary look at the rearguard tactics that still too often shape American labor-management relations.” * Labor Research Center, University of Rhode Island *
“Few people, even in the labor movement, know the tremendous investment and effort put into unionbusting over the past century. The book vividly demonstrates the need for labor history as an integral part of labor education and a stimulus to activism.”
“This work will become the convenient handbook for the distasteful but necessary look at the rearguard tactics that still too often shape American labor-management relations.” * Labor Research Center, University of Rhode Island *
Robert Michael Smith is the author of a number of articles on labor relations and the progressive movement. He is a professor of history at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780821414668 |
| ISBN 10 | 0821414666 |
| Title | From Blackjacks to Briefcases |
| Author | Robert Michael Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ohio University Press |
| Year published | 2003-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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