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Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia

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Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia - Cole, Peter, Chfc, Lcsw
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. For much of its time, Local 8's majority was African American and included immigrants from Eastern Europe as well as many Irish Americans. In this important study, Peter Cole examines how Local 8, affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), accomplished what no other did at the time. He also shows how race was ...

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Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia 2013, University of Illinois Press, Urbana

ISBN-13: 9780252079283

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Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia 2007, University of Illinois Press, Urbana-Champaign, IL

ISBN-13: 9780252031861

Hardcover