Junior History Tutorial: Labor's Lost Might
CSS 340
Spring 2016
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| Certificates: International Relations, Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory |
Why are labor unions so weak in the U.S. today? After World War II, America appeared to be becoming, in the words of Sumner Slichter, a "laboristic" nation in which unions were the strongest single influence in society. Although unions in the manufacturing sector began to lose momentum in the 1950s, school teachers, police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, hospital workers, retail clerks, and other previously unorganized workers flocked into organized labor between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s. Why have the unions lost so much power since then? And what have been the consequences for workers, their families, consumers, and stockholders, and for American and international politics and economics? These are the questions addressed in this tutorial. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CGST-MN)(CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - 3rd Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Robert H. Zieger, Timothy Minchin, and Gilbert J. Gall, AMERICAN WORKERS, AMERICAN UNIONS, 4th ed. (2014)
Jack Metzgar, STRIKING STEEL: SOLIDARITY REMEMBERED (2000)
Joshua B. Freeman, WORKING-CLASS NEW YORK: LIFE AND LABOR SINCE WORLD WAR II (2000)
David Vogel, FLUCTUATING FORTUNES: THE POLITICAL POWER OF BUSINESS IN AMERICA (1989)
Benjamin C. Waterhouse, LOBBYING AMERICA: THE POLITICS OF BUSINESS FROM NIXON TO NAFTA (2014)
Joseph A. McCartin, COLLISION COURSE: RONALD REAGAN, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, AND THE STRIKE THAT CHANGED AMERICA (2011)
Steven Greenhouse, THE BIG SQUEEZE: TOUGH TIMES FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER (2008)
In addition, we will discuss numerous articles and documents.
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Examinations and Assignments:
TBA |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Open to CSS Juniors Only |
| Instructor(s): Schatz,Ronald W. Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 10 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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| SECTION 02 - 4th Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Schatz,Ronald W. Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 10 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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