Left Out Reds and America's Industrial Unions [Paperback]

This book, first published in 2002, analyzes the legacy of the Communists in the CIO between the 1930s and 1950s.Left Out discusses the legacy of the Communists in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) during the 1930s through the 1950s. How did the Communists win and hold power in the CIO unions, and what did they do with it once they had it? Did they subordinated the needs of workers to those of the Soviet regime? Stepan-Norris and Zeitlin find that Communists were more egalitarian, the most progressive on class, race and gender issues, and leading fighters in exemplary workplace struggles to enlarge the freedom and enhance the human dignity of America's workers.Left Out discusses the legacy of the Communists in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) during the 1930s through the 1950s. How did the Communists win and hold power in the CIO unions, and what did they do with it once they had it? Did they subordinated the needs of workers to those of the Soviet regime? Stepan-Norris and Zeitlin find that Communists were more egalitarian, the most progressive on class, race and gender issues, and leading fighters in exemplary workplace struggles to enlarge the freedom and enhance the human dignity of America's workers.This study discusses the legacy of the Communists in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from the 1930s through the 1950s. How did the Communists win and hold power in the CIO unions, and what did they do with it once they had it? Did they subordinate the needs of workers to those of the Soviet regime? Stepan-Norris and Zeitlin find that Communists were more egalitarian and most progressive on class, race and gender issues. They were also leading fighters in exemplary workplace struggles to enlarge the freedom and enhance the human dignity of America's workers.1. The congress of industrial organizations (CIO): left, right, and center; 2. 'Who gets the bird?'; 3. Insurgency, radicalism, and democracy; 4. Lived democracy:l£#