| Struggling with Iowas Pride: Labor Relations, Unionism, and Politics in the Rural Midwest Since 1877 Contributor(s): Warren, Wilson J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0877457131 ISBN-13: 9780877457138 Publisher: University of Iowa Press OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Recognized between 1880 and 1910 by its trademark label "Iowa's Pride", John Morrell and Company is best known for contributing one of the most important local unions to the progressive United Packinghouse Workers of America. During the 1930s and 1940s, its members pursued a militant brand of unionism. By the early 1950s, the local militancy became a source of contention among the membership. By explaining the effect of Morrell-Ottumwa's union leaders on local and state Democratic politics, especially in the development of the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Iowa State Industrial Union Council and the AFL-CIO's Iowa Federation of Labor, Wilson Warren makes an important contribution to the literature on labor's involvement in the Democratic party's ascendancy across much of the industrial North following World War II. This history of Ottumwa's meatpacking workers provides insights into the development of several forms of labor relations, including the evangelical Christian paternalism, welfare capitalism, and unionism that were distinctive to one blue-collar community but that also reflected workers' experiences in many other rural midwestern industrial communities. By carefully analyzing all relevant labor and industrial sources and by revealing the deeply held aspirations and concerns expressed by both workers and managers, Warren constructs a window through which Iowa's industrial and labor history over the past 120 years can be viewed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 331.881 |
| LCCN: 99058067 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.16" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Iowa |
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| Publisher Description: This history of Ottumwa's meatpacking workers provides insights into the development of several forms of labour relations in Iowa during the Democratic party's ascendancy across much of industrial North America following World War II. |