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UAW Politics in the Cold War Era SUNY Series in American Labor History
author
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Halpern, Martin.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0887066712
print isbn13
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9780887066719
ebook isbn13
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9780585087825
language
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English
subject
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America--History, Labor unions and communism--United States--History--Case studies.
publication date
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1988
lcc
:
HD6515.A82I574 1988eb
ddc
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322/.2/0973
subject
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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America--History, Labor unions and communism--United States--History--Case studies.
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UAW Politics in the Cold War Era
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SUNY Series in American Labor History
Robert Asher and Charles Stephenson, Editors
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UAW Politics in the Cold War Era
Martin Halpern
State University of New York Press
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All photos courtesy of the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For more information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Halpern, Martin, 1945 UAW politics in the cold war era.
(SUNY series in American labor history) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1.International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of AmericaHistory. 2. Trade-unions and communismUnited StatesHistory Case studies. I. Title. II. Series. HD6515.A821574 1988 322'.2'0973 87-13890 ISBN 0-88706-671-2 ISBN 0-88706-672-0 (pbk.)
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To My Mother, Helen Halpern, and to the Memory of My Father, Eli Sanford Halpern
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Contents
Acknowledgements
1
Introduction
3
Chapter One The Automobile Industry in the Postwar Era
7
Chapter Two The Auto Workers: From the Industry's Beginnings Through World War II
13
Chapter Three The UAW and Reconversion
37
Chapter Four The General Motors Strike: The UAW Jumps the Gun
51
Chapter Five The General Motors Strike: The Long Stoppage is Won
71
Chapter Six The Faction Fight Begins: The 1946 UAW Convention and its Aftermath
95
Chapter Seven The Characteristics of the Two UAW Caucuses and Trends
121
Chapter Eight The Politics of Auto Union Factionalism: Anti-Communism and the Erosion of the Popular Front on the National Level
133
Chapter Nine The Politics of Auto Union Factionalism: The Michigan CIO in the Cold War Era
147
Chapter Ten Defeat at Allis-Chalmers
173
Chapter Eleven Round Two in the Postwar Wage Negotiations
185
Chapter Twelve Shop Floor Issues and Labor Relations Philosophy
195
Chapter Thirteen Taft-Hartley and the Defeat of the Progressive Alternative in the UAW
201
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Chapter Fourteen A Victory for the Left: Coleman Young and the Wayne County CIO Council
211
Chapter Fifteen The Reuther Caucus Wins Control
223
Chapter Sixteen The Consequences of the Reuther Victory
237
Chapter Seventeen The Cold War and the End of the Popular Front
265
Abbreviations
271
Notes
273
Bibliography
337
Index
349
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Acknowledgements
I wish to acknowledge the help of librarians, archivists, and other staff of the following institutions: the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, especially Warner Pflug; the National Archives and Records Service, especially Patrick Garabedian; the General Archives Division; the Truman Library; the Michigan Historical Collections; the Wisconsin State Historical Society; the State of Michigan Archives; the Ford Motor Company archives; the Catholic University; the Columbia University Library; the Tamiment Library at New York University; the John F. Kennedy Library; the Chicago Historical Society; the Roosevelt University Archives; the University of Michigan Library; the Michigan State University Library; the G. Flint Purdy Library, Wayne State University; and the Detroit Public Library.
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