American Labor and American Democracy. (reprint, 1926).HD8072 2004-058816 1-4128-0472-8 American labor & American democracy. (reprint, 1926) Walling, William English Walling, William English (1877–1936) labor reformer, socialist; born in Louisville, Ky. A man of independent means, educated at the University of Chicago and Harvard Law School, he rejected his privileged, liberal heritage and deliberately chose to become a . Transaction Publishers, [c]2005 184 p. $34.95 (pa) Social reform activist Walling (1877-1936) helped found the National Women's Trade Union League The Women's Trade Union League was a U.S. organization of both working class and more well-off women formed in 1903 to support the efforts of women to organize labor unions and to eliminate sweatshop conditions. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation. . Here, drawing on his close ties with the American Federation of Labor Noun 1. American Federation of Labor - a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955 AFL federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties , he presents a history of the labor movement in the first quarter of the 20th century. The 1926 edition was published by Harper and Brothers in New York and London. |
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