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The Last Great Strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the Struggle for Labor Rights in New Deal America
By White, Ahmed
- ISBN
- 9780520285613 9780520961012
- Publisher
- Univ. of California
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Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Social Sciences
White (law, Univ. of Colorado) recounts the history of the violent strike against smaller steel companies in 1937. While well-known in labor history, the strike's causes, events, and impact have not been examined in a book-length study until now. Earlier in 1937, organized labor succeeded in gaining a contract with U.S. Steel, the world's largest steelmaker, yet smaller but still powerful steel firms—"Little Steel"—resisted unionization, which precipitated a major st...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
