Book ID: CBB728996824

American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal: 1919-1935 (2010)

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Jon R. Huibregtse (Author)


University Press of Florida


Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: Book Series: Working in the Americas
Physical Details: 172
Language: English

American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act. Unfortunately, the significant contributions of the railroad laws are, more often than not, overlooked when the NLRA or Social Security are discussed. Offering a new perspective on labor unions in the 1920s, Huibregtse describes how the railroad unions created a model for union activism that workers’ organizations followed for the next two decades.

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Authors & Contributors
Reevy, Tony
Kornweibel, Theodore, Jr.
Gruber, John E.
Hansen, Peter A.
Dennis Drabelle
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Concepts
Railroads
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
Land transportation
Railroads and Politics
Photography of railroads
African Americans
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)
20th century, early
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Europe
California (U.S.)
Mexico
Institutions
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Office of War Information
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Wabash Railroad Company
New Deal (1933-1939)
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