History of the Labor Movement in the United States - Vol. 6

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• BY PHILIP S. FONER iii
• Title Page v
• Errata vi
• CONTENTS vii
• Preface 3
• Chapter 1 - Henry Ford's Five-Dollar Eight-Hour Day 5
• Chapter 2 - An Unusual Strike in the Arizona Copper Mines 13
• Chapter 3 - A Steel Strike, a Riot and an Unusual Sequel 25
• Chapter 4 - The Standard Oil Strikes in Bayonne, New Jersey, 1915-1916 41
• Chapter 5 - The New York City Transit Strike of 1916: the First Phase 65
• Chapter 6 - The New York Transit Strike of 1916: the Second Phase 84
• Chapter 7 - New Unionism in the Garment Industry 103
• Chapter 8 - The Women's Trade Union League on the Eve of World War I 123
• Chapter 9 - An Eight-Hour Day for the Railroad Brotherhoods, I: Nine Months of Fruitless Negotiations 143
• Chapter 10 - An Eight-Hour Day for the Railroad Brotherhoods, II: The Adamson Act 164
• Chapter 11 - Women Workers on the Eve of America's Entrance into World War I 189

• BY PHILIP S. FONER iii
• Title Page v
• Errata vi
• CONTENTS vii
• Preface 3
• Chapter 1 - Henry Ford's Five-Dollar Eight-Hour Day 5
• Chapter 2 - An Unusual Strike in the Arizona Copper Mines 13
• Chapter 3 - A Steel Strike, a Riot and an Unusual Sequel 25
• Chapter 4 - The Standard Oil Strikes in Bayonne, New Jersey, 1915-1916 41
• Chapter 5 - The New York City Transit Strike of 1916: the First Phase 65
• Chapter 6 - The New York Transit Strike of 1916: the Second Phase 84
• Chapter 7 - New Unionism in the Garment Industry 103
• Chapter 8 - The Women's Trade Union League on the Eve of World War I 123
• Chapter 9 - An Eight-Hour Day for the Railroad Brotherhoods, I: Nine Months of Fruitless Negotiations 143
• Chapter 10 - An Eight-Hour Day for the Railroad Brotherhoods, II: The Adamson Act 164
• Chapter 11 - Women Workers on the Eve of America's Entrance into World War I 189
• Chapter 12 - Black Workers on the Eve of America's Entrance into World War I 206
• Chapter 13 - The Election of 1916 222
• REFERENCE NOTES 232
• Index 246