JUST OUT: The Last Great Strike is "Fantastic" & "Essential Reading"
In a new book review, the Socialist Worker says The Last Great Strike is "fantastic" and "readers interested in U.S. labor history or labor law or both should buy and read this book." http://socialistworker.org/2016/06/30/labors-bloody-battle-in-steel #AhmedWhite #violence #1937 #LittleSteel #cio #YoungstownSheetTubeCompany #USSteel #LittleSteelStrike #BigSteel #NLRB #1930s #SWOC #Reviews #Author
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 26, 1937
Steelworkers Out on Strike On May 26, 1937, SWOC launched a strike against Little Steel after attempting for a year to negotiate with the companies. The strikers wanted a union, the ability to negotiate as a group with their employers, and the right to strike and picket. These rights had been denied for decades to most American workers, but they had been enacted into federal law two years earlier, via the Wagner Act, a legislative centerpiece of the Roosevelt administration’s
BOOK TALK, SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Ahmed White Discusses THE LAST GREAT STRIKE at one of the Nation's Preeminent Bookstores On May 25, 2016, Professor Cedric Johnson interviewed Professor Ahmed White, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore on Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, about Professor White's recent book, The Last Great Strike. Professor Johnson is an Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at the University of Illinois. Professor White is the Rosenbaum Professor of law at the
BOOK TALK, SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Ahmed White Discusses THE LAST GREAT STRIKE at one of the Nation's Preeminent Bookstores On May 25, 2016, Professor Cedric Johnson interviewed Professor Ahmed White, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore on Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, about Professor White's recent book, The Last Great Strike. Professor Johnson is an Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at the University of Illinois. Professor White is the Rosenbaum Professor of law at the
BOOK TALK, TATTERED COVER, DENVER, COLORADO
Ahmed White Discusses THE LAST GREAT STRIKE at one of the Nation's Preeminent Bookstores Professor Ahmed White, who was recently named the Rosenbaum Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, was at the Tattered Cover on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, discussing his recent book, THE LAST GREAT STRIKE. As he described the Little Steel Strike, the 1937 strike on which his book is based, a crowd of roughly forty people listened intently. Professor White described the eve
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: APRIL 12, 1937
In Historic Move, Supreme Court Upholds Wagner Act, Validates New Deal On April 12, 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Wagner Act, a landmark decision that essentially validated the constitutionality of the entire New Deal. But the defeat of steel workers in the Little Steel Strike ultimately counteracted that Supreme Court decision and represented a blow for New Deal policies. Read THE LAST GREAT STRIKE to learn more, www.lastgreatstrike.org. #W
