On the Ground Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
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Biografisk notat
Liesl Miller Orenic is an associate professor of history and the director of American studies at Dominican University.On the Ground Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
“Provides a detailed history of institutions, regulatory regimes, technological evolution, and the development of the division of labor, wages and working conditions in the airline industry. This is an extremely useful work.”--<i>EH.Net</i> "An important study."--<i>Enterprise and Society</i> "An important study ... which should interest union activities and academics."--<i>Enterprise & Society</i> "This wonderful treatment of an underexamined area of labor history is able to cut through mounds of tangled and confusing material to reveal a clear picture of how workers coped with an ever-changing industry. . . . An important book."--<i>Labor Studies Journal</i> "With sympathy and careful detail, Orenic offers a well-documented counterpoint to the story of post-World War II labor complacency by showing how airline ground crews used militant tactics to build their unions in the 1950s and 1960s."--<i>Business History Review</i>
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. The U.S. Airlines through the 1930s 7
2. Airline Work during World War II 49
3. Organizing the Airline Industry, 1945-49 71
4. Bargaining in Prosperity, 1949-59 132
5. On the Ramp in the 1950s and 1960s 155
6. Militance and the Mutual Aid Pact, 1960-70 191
Epilogue: Deregulation and Beyond 217
List of Interviews 225
Manuscript Collections and Specialized Libraries 227
Notes 229
Index 271
“Provides a detailed history of institutions, regulatory regimes, technological evolution, and the development of the division of labor, wages and working conditions in the airline industry. This is an extremely useful work.”--<i>EH.Net</i> "An important study."--<i>Enterprise and Society</i> "An important study ... which should interest union activities and academics."--<i>Enterprise & Society</i> "This wonderful treatment of an underexamined area of labor history is able to cut through mounds of tangled and confusing material to reveal a clear picture of how workers coped with an ever-changing industry. . . . An important book."--<i>Labor Studies Journal</i> "With sympathy and careful detail, Orenic offers a well-documented counterpoint to the story of post-World War II labor complacency by showing how airline ground crews used militant tactics to build their unions in the 1950s and 1960s."--<i>Business History Review</i>
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. The U.S. Airlines through the 1930s 7
2. Airline Work during World War II 49
3. Organizing the Airline Industry, 1945-49 71
4. Bargaining in Prosperity, 1949-59 132
5. On the Ramp in the 1950s and 1960s 155
6. Militance and the Mutual Aid Pact, 1960-70 191
Epilogue: Deregulation and Beyond 217
List of Interviews 225
Manuscript Collections and Specialized Libraries 227
Notes 229
Index 271