There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
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From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the manufacturing age to the present day.
From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for their share of American gift has shaped our national experience. Philip Dray’s ambition is to show us the vital accomplishments of organized labor in that time and illuminate its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. There Is Power in a Union is an epic, character-driven narrative that locates this struggle for security and dignity in all its various settings: on picket lines and in union halls, jails, assembly lines, corporate boardrooms, the courts, the halls of Congress, and the White House. The leader demonstrates, viscerally and dramatically, the urgency of the fight for fairness and economic democracy—a struggle that remains especially urgent today, when ordinary Americans are so nervous and beset by economic woes.
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In this new book by Dray, there are an endless number of episodes relating to the struggles between the huge business and the American workers from the nineteenth century onwards. Murder, greed,corruption,sacrifice,farcical trials,personal courage and many appealing narratives are at the core of this tale. Many mythical facts populate the pages here,among them Eugene Debs,Mother Jones,Walther Reuther,Jimmy Hoffa and others.
It is worth quoting a passage which can easily represent the all-purpose message of this vital opus.The following words were uttered by another well-known figure,Huge Bill Haywood during his examination after being charged with conspiracy:
“We are conspiring to prevent the building of profits on labor power in any industry. We are conspiring against the bonus makers. We are conspiring against rent and interest. We want to set up a new society,where people can live lacking profit,lacking dividends,lacking rent and lacking interest if it is possible;and it is possible,if people will live normally,live like human beings should live.I would say that if that is a conspiracy,we are conspiring”(p.366)
The workers were also concerned about their safety and in the period between 1880-1910 fifteen thousand American workers a year corroded in on-site accidents,with thousands more injured or sickened, mostly in tie with mine and railroad work.Many anarchists joined the workers in their struggle and one of them ,Alexander Berkman, even added that “the removal of a tyrant is not merely justifiable;it is the highest duty of every right revolutionist”.
At the urging of Congress, Attorney All-purpose A.Mitchell Palmer targeted suspected Bolshevik sympathizers and labour radicals across the country especially during WW1. What we take today for granted after getting hired in various jobs-social benefits, health care- was achieved only with many effors and struggles,as this superb book makes it clear.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5