附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-177) and index.
The early years / Daniel Letwin -- Having it their way / Brian M. Kelley -- Rising from the ashes / Peter Alexander -- Alabama coal miners in war and peace / Glenn Feldman -- Wildcats, caravans, and dynamite / Robert H. Woodrum.
摘要:Much of Alabama's labor history is written in its coalfields. This book records the critical contribution that District 20 of the United Mine Workers of America played in the state's labor movement through its strong stands on such issues as child labor, public education, and interracial unions. , Standing at the cutting edge of social and political history, these essays cover five periods over a century of union activity: the emergence of a militant labor force during mining's formative years; the World War I era, when mine operators tried to divide black and white labor; the increasing role of the state in labor relations during the interwar years; rapid changes in the union between 1942 and 1975; and the 1977-79 strike, the largest in the United Mine Workers' history.
