Download or read book For this Union to Survive written by Christian L. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whither the union movement? is a question of old enough relevance in the U.S. to now seem almost anachronistic. Although unions are by no means entirely gone or lacking in political power, they and their potency are certainly diminished. With growing concerns about the direction of national politics, increasing income and power inequities, and signs of a receding middle class and increasing social division into haves and have nots, one can hear murmurs of union revival, but polls continue to show that many Americans distrust unions or consider them irrelevant to a modern service economy. Christian Wright digests what happened to one important American union, the United Mine Workers of America, over a fifty-year period, with particular focus on the coal miners of Carbon and Emery counties in Utah. Derived from his much more limited in scope but award-winning master's thesis at Northern Arizona University, this book manuscript places that story in a broader context of changes in the union movement and the nation. It draws on a variety of primary sources, including original research in the UMWA archives at Penn State and multiple oral history collections"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Carbon County USA written by Christian Wright and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although unions are by no means entirely gone or lacking in lobbying power, their membership in traditional industries is on the decline and their influence continues to diminish. Only a generation ago, large unions such as the United Mine Workers of America held greater political and economic capital and inspired millions beyond their immediate ranks. In this book, Christian Wright explores the complex history of the UMWA and coal mining in the West over a fifty-year period of the twentieth century, concentrating on the coal miners of Carbon and Emery counties in Utah. Wright emphasizes their experience during the 1970s, which saw the rise and passing of American workers' most successful postwar effort to internally reform a major labor organization: the Miners for Democracy movement. As Wright details how and why Miners for Democracy and nonunion mining raced to control coal's future, he also touches on the UMWA's regional origins during and immediately after the New Deal, when cracks in union efficacy and benefit programs began to appear. Using sophisticated demography, Wright not only details how miners' racial, gender, and generational identities shaped their changing relationships to mining and organized labor, he also illustrates the place of nonunion miners, antiunion employers, the unemployed, ethnic minorities, and women in transforming "Carbon County, USA." Drawing on a variety of primary sources, Wright provides evidence for organized labor's continuing significance and value while effectively illuminating its mounting frustrations during a relatively recent chapter in the history of Utah and the United States.
Download or read book A Brief History of Carbon County written by Carbon County School District (Utah) and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Carbon County written by Carbon School District and published by . This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Brief History of Carbon County written by Carbon School District and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Carbon County written by Thomas D. Eckhart and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of Carbon County written by Frederick Charles Brenckman and published by . This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castle Country written by Richard G. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Carbon County written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Carbon County written by Thomas D. Eckhart and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Sketch of Carbon County written by Drucilla J. Powell and published by . This book was released on with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared from historical records, and distributed by Independent Coal and Coke Company.
Download or read book Carbon County written by C. H. Madsen and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Guide to Carbon County Coal Camps and Ghost Towns written by Chuck Zehnder and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Settlement of Carbon County and the Development of Schools written by Steve Nick Borovatz and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
