Table of Contents: Workers' paradox :

Main Author:	O'Brien, Ruth, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1998.
Subjects:	Labor policy > History. > United States Industrial relations > History. > United States Labor unions > History. > United States BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations. Industrial relations. Labor policy. Arbeid. Overheidsbeleid. Republican Party. New Deal. Voorgeschiedenis. Syndicats > États-Unis. Arbeitspolitik. United States. USA.
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Table of Contents:

The liberal paradox and the Republicans' interest in American labor policy
A failed alliance between the AFL and the progressives
Responsible unionism: the progressive conception of union liability
Congress is as king: the Republican roots of railroad labor policy
Collapse or victory?: implementing the scheme for worker representation
Compromises and concessions: the Republicans revitalize the railroad labor policy
The progressive response to the iron cage of the injunction
The Republican origins of the Wagner Act
Conclusion: responsible unionism and the Republicans' venture across policy time frames.