Union Renegades by Dana M. Caldemeyer PAPERBACK 9780252085406

Union Renegades\nby Dana M. Caldemeyer\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dana M. Caldemeyer\nTitle: Union Renegades\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social classes\nPublisher: MO - University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780252085406\nISBN-10: 025208540X\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn the late nineteenth century, Midwestern miners often had to decide if joining a union was in their interest. Arguing that these workers were neither pro-union nor anti-union, Dana M. Caldemeyer shows that they acted according to what they believed would benefit them and their families. As corporations moved to control coal markets and unions sought to centralize their organizations to check corporate control, workers were often caught between these .