American Labor In The Era Of World War Ii: (contributions In Labor Studies) [Hardcover]

The 1940s were a pivotal decade in the history of the American labor movement. Large migrations significantly changed the composition of the industrial work force while, simultaneously, the organized labor movement sought to consolidate its base. These essays examine topics including aspects of the institutional development of the labor movement at the national level, while west coast case studies explore the conflicts generated at the workplace and in communities by the increased presence of women and minority workers. American labor historians and labor studies specialists will find this collection fills a major void in the research on American labor.

SALLY M. MILLER is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She specializes in American immigration history and women and labor issues. Miller is the author of several books includingFrom Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O'Hare(1993),The Ethnic Press(Greenwood Press, 1987) andwed Liberationeenwood, 1981).

DANIEL A. CORNFORD is Associate Professor of History at San Jose State University, California. His special interests are American labor history and California social history./e He is the editor ofWorking People of California(1995), an associate editor ofThe Emma Goldman Papers(microfilm edition, 1992), and the author ofWorkers and Dissent in the Redwood Empire(1987).

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Sally M. Miller and Daniel A. Cornford
Labor in the National Arena
CIO Leaders and the State, 1935-1955 by Robert H. Zieger
The Law of Collective Bargaining and Wartime Labor Regulations by James A. Atleson
The United Steelworkers of America and Health Insurance, 1937-1962 by Alan Derickson
Struggles at the Workplace
Wartime Shipyards: The Transformation of Labor in San Francisco's East Bay by Marilynn S. Johnson
The San Francisco Machinists and the National War L