Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.

Labor's Champion

Gene Ruffini, Theodore Kheel (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7656-1044-7 (ISBN)

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A portrait of Harry Von Arsdale Jr (1905-1986), a towering figure in the New York labour scene. As business manager and president of important labour organizations, he advocated and won shorter work days, instituted paid vacation, annuity plans, and educational opportunities for union workers.

Harry Van Arsdale (1905-1986) was a towering figure in the New York labor scene. After being initiated into the Local 3 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1925 and becoming its business manager in 1933, Van Arsdale turned the then corrupt and disorganized union into a force to be reckoned with. He became president of the New York City Central Labor Council in 1957, which put him in a position to become a greater influence for labor relations locally and nationally. As business manager and president of these organizations, Van Arsdale advocated and won shorter work days, in order to give more men a chance to work - especially important in the 1930s. He instituted paid vacation, paid holidays, annuity plans, and educational opportunities for union workers - novelties at that time - as well as scholarships for workers' children. His sincere commitment to improving the lives of American workers and their families made him a truly beloved figure. This fascinating memoir traces Van Arsdale's sixty-plus years as a union member and powerful labor figure, and provides colorful details of his many remarkable accomplishments.

Theodore Kheel, Gene Ruffini

Foreword by Theodore W. Kheel, Preface, A Tribute by Christopher Erikson, Acknowledgments, Photographs follow page 121, 1. From the Revolutionary War to Hell's Kitchen, 2. Making His Mark: Early Struggles in Local Union 3, 3. A Fight to the Top, 4. Dealing with the New Deal, 5. Growing Pains, 6. Battles on Many Fronts, 7. America at War, 8. The Working Man and Woman: Learning and Compassion, 9. Mister Labor, 10. United Federation of Teachersa nd the Brotherhood Party, 11. Troubleshooting Here and Abroad, 12. Van Arsdale at the Wheel, 13. A Wider Garden to Tend, 14. The Kid Goes Down Fighting, Afterword by Hy Greenblatt, Notes, Index, About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2002
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-7656-1044-2 / 0765610442
ISBN-13	978-0-7656-1044-7 / 9780765610447
Zustand	Neuware