The Practice of Unionism: An Inside Picture of Labour Unions Today

The Practice of Unionism: An Inside Picture of Labour Unions Today

In this penetrating study, Jack Barbash continues his knowledge analyses of the labor movement in America begun in Labor Unions in Action and other important studies. Writing from the point of view of a union insider, Mr. Barbash here examines the ways in which unions have worked to enlist the loyalties of their members on the basis of social usefulness as well as self-interest, and the meaning of the success that they have attained. The focus is on the labor movement from 1933 to the present, with emphasis on the period following the passage of the Taft-Hartley Law in 1947. Discussion of the significance of the AFL-CIO merger brings the record up to date. With many examples from union sources, The Practice of Unionism examines the reasons why workers join unions and, conversely, why unions seek to organize; methods by which unions are governed and administered; the nature of collective bargaining; the rise of the professional in union affairs; and the problems of communism and racketeering. A provocative chapter discusses the challenge of union leadership today.

Jack Barbash

Harper & Brothers

1956

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