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Labor Radical: From the Wobblies to Cio, a Personal History.

by Len DeCaux

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USA. Account of the author's role in the labour movement in the 1920s and in the national level confederation of trade unions until 1960s - covers social implications and economic implications of the historical period of the economic recession, leadership in the congress of industrial organization, strikes, union memberships, developments in labour relations during the world war, communist activities in the union movement, etc.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 331.88 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes Labor unions (Trade unions)
LCC: HD6508 .D38 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers'

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Published: 1970
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 331.88
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