Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History Arranged chronologically, Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits is based on archival research in Department, AFL-CIO, and U. Grace Palladino makes the history of the building trades come alive.S. gov
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| Title | : | Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801474140 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2007-05-31 |
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Editorial : "Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits gives us a valuable institutional look at the strengths and limitations of craft union autonomy. From a contemporary perspective it is a look at the real problems inherent in 'changing to organize,' a slogan clearly identified with the current debate over labor's future. For this reason it is an important book."Marcus Widenor, Labor Studies Journal (Winter 2006)
"Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits is a significant contribution that encourages wide-ranging reflections and comparisons. This important institutional history illuminates its specific subject matter while encouraging broader reflections on the character of the bifurcated U.S. labor movement more generally."Robert H. Zieger, Labor History (November 2005)
"Throughout its history, various unions have left the BCTD Building & Construction Trades Department over jurisdictional and other disputes. Institutional histories are di
Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits follows the history of the Building and Construction Trades Department from the emergence of building trades councils in the age of the skyscraper; through treacherous fights over jurisdiction as new building materials and methods of work evolved; and through numerous Department campaigns to improve safety standards, work with contractors to promote unionized construction, and forge a sense of industrial unity among its fifteen (and at times nineteen) autonomous and highly diverse affiliates.Arranged chronologically, Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits is based on archival research in Department, AFL-CIO, and U.S. government records as well as numerous union journals, the local and national press, and interviews with former Department officers. Grace Palladino makes the history of the building trades come alive. By investigating the sources of conflict and unity within the Building and Construction Trades Department over time, and demonstrating
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