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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501722318
035 _a(DE-B1597)515349
035 _a(OCoLC)1088908791
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082 0 4 _a331.88/0973
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBriggs, Vernon M.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aImmigration and American Unionism /
_cVernon M. Briggs.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2001
300 _a1 online resource (240 p.) :
_b24 tables; 1 chart
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aCornell Studies in Industrial and Labor Relations
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tCHAPTER ONE. The Base Line (1788-1800) --
_tCHAPTER TWO. Mass Immigration Begins; Unionism Sparks but Sputters (I 8 oo-I 8 6o) --
_tCHAPTER THREE. The "Second Wave" of Mass Immigration: Unionism Struggles but Takes Root (I86I-I89o) --
_tCHAPTER FOUR. The 'Third Wave" of Mass Immigration: Unionism Strives to Survive (1891-1920) --
_tCHAPTER FIVE. Mass Immigration Ceases; Unionism Takes Off (1921-1965) --
_tCHAPTER SIX. Mass Immigration Returns; Unionism Declines (1965-2000) --
_tCHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn the year 2000 the AFL-CIO announced a historic change in its position on immigration. Reversing a decades-old stance by labor, the federation declared that it would no longer press to reduce high immigration levels or call for rigorous enforcement of immigration laws. Instead, it now supports the repeal of sanctions imposed against employers who hire illegal immigrants as well as a general amnesty for most such workers. In this timely book, Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., challenges labor's recent about-face, charting the disastrous effects that immigration has had on union membership over the course of U.S. history.Briggs explores the close relationship between immigration and employment trends beginning in the 1780s. Combining the history of labor and of immigration in a new and innovative way, he establishes that over time unionism has thrived when the numbers of newcomers have decreased, and faltered when those figures have risen.Briggs argues convincingly that the labor movement cannot be revived unless the following steps are taken: immigration levels are reduced, admission categories changed, labor law reformed, and the enforcement of labor protection standards at the worksite enhanced. The survival of American unionism, he asserts, does not rest with the movement's becoming a partner of the pro-immigration lobby. For to do so, organized labor would have to abandon its legacy as the champion of the American worker.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 0 _aForeign workers
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLabor unions
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aLabor History.
650 4 _aSociology & Social Science.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
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