The American Labor Movement, 1955-1995

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With the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955, the American labor movement entered a new era. This marriage had many problems with which to deal including jurisdictional overlap, differences on economics and politics, and governance disputes. The solutions to these problems, along with problems of corruption and civil rights during the period from the Eisenhower presidency through that of the Clinton administration are discussed in this work.

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[A] concise, straightforward, remarkable evenhanded recounting of events associated with ebbing union strength... a useful addition to any collection in labor history or industrial relations.-Choice
"A concise, straightforward, remarkable evenhanded recounting of events associated with ebbing union strength... a useful addition to any collection in labor history or industrial relations."-Choice
"[A] concise, straightforward, remarkable evenhanded recounting of events associated with ebbing union strength... a useful addition to any collection in labor history or industrial relations."-Choice

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WALTER GALENSON is Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. He was founder and first director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, founder of the World Employment Program of the International Labor Office, and is past-president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies. Dr. Galenson is the author of many books, including Labor and Economic Growth in Five Asian Countries: South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines (Praeger, 1992), and Trade Union Growth and Decline: An International Study (Praeger, 1994).