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The 'Best Union Members': Class, Race, Culture, and Black Worker Militancy in Chicago's Stockyards during the 1930s.

Examines the class, race, culture and Black worker militancy in the South Side stockyards in Chicago, Illinois. Effect of the race-conscious activity of the Black workers on the direction of Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Committee; Distinctions between traditional union objectives and idealistic...

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Publicado en:Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 18 - 50
Autor principal: Street, Paul
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Illinois Press Fall2000
Materias:
Strikes & lockouts
African Americans
Labor unions
Illinois
Chicago (Ill.)
United States
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Sumario:Examines the class, race, culture and Black worker militancy in the South Side stockyards in Chicago, Illinois. Effect of the race-conscious activity of the Black workers on the direction of Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Committee; Distinctions between traditional union objectives and idealistic goal of social justice; Contribution of Blacks.