The American State and the Defeat of Progressive Unions, 1935-1950
by
Charles W. Romney
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s by working alongside federal agencies created during the New Deal. Yet in 1950, few progressive unions remained. Why? Most scholars point to domestic anti-communism and southern conservatives in Congress as the forces that diminished the New Deal state, eliminated...