Racial Conflict and Violence in the Labor Market: Roots in the 1919 Steel Strike

Racial Conflict and Violence in the Labor Market: Roots in the 1919 Steel Strike
ISBN-10
0815331762
ISBN-13
9780815331766
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Cliff Brown

Description

Taking one of the many strikes during the period as a case study, argues that the migration of black workers to northern US cities looking for work during World War I, and the practice and pattern of racial discrimination by the mainstream labor unions created a split labor market in which black workers had no choice but to scab on strikers. Focuses on community-level race relations during the strike, and also considers the impact of local governments repressing labor, the organizational strength of local union, and employers' efforts to inflame racial tension. Developed from a 1996 Ph.D. dissertation for Emory University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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