Black Freedom Fighters in Steel – The Struggle for Democratic Unionism Needleman

Black Freedom Fighters in SteelThe Struggle for Democratic Unionism\nAuthor(s): Ruth Needleman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9780801488580, 978-0801488580\nSynopsis\nAs a source of material on fighting racism at work, or on union organizing in general, this book is extremely valuable. Diane Fieldes ?The Journal of Industrial Relations\n\n Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and [url] Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism by Ruth Needleman adds a new dimension to the literature on race and labor. It tells the story of five men born in the South who migrated north for a chance to work the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the steel mills. Individually they fought for equality and justice; collectively they helped construct economic and union democracy in postwar America.\n George.