The Cio 1935-1955

by Zieger, Robert H.

• ISBN13: 9780807821824
• ISBN10: 0807821829
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

This book encompassed the largest sustained surge of worker organization in American history. Robert Zieger charts the rise of this industrial union movement, from the launching of the CIO by John L. Lewis in 1935 to its merger under Walter Reuther with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. Combing the institutional history of the CIO with vivid depictions of working class life, he also analyzes the racial and gender dimensions of industrial unionism.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction. The Fragile Juggernaut	1	(5)
Before the CIO	6	(16)
Founding the CIO, 1935 -- 1936	22	(20)
Over the Top, 1936 -- 1937	42	(24)
The Diverse Arenas of the CIO, 1936 -- 1938	66	(24)
Stasis and Schism, 1938 -- 1940	90	(21)
1941, Year of Decision	111	(30)
World War II	141	(71)
After the War	212	(41)
The CIO and Its Communists	253	(41)
The Korean War	294	(11)
The Postwar CIO	305	(28)
The Final Years of the Late, Great CIO	333	(24)
Merger and Beyond	357	(15)
Conclusion	372	(7)
Notes	379	(98)
Index	477