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04562aam a22004698i 4500 001 E216FCA8ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 150730t20162016pauac b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2015029737 020 $a 0812247760 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780812247763 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)916408760 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c PAU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ZLM $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD6488.2.U6 $b P43 2016 082 00 $a 331.88/92097309041 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearson, Chad, $e author. 245 10 $a Reform or repression : $b organizing America's anti-union movement / $c Chad Pearson. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2016] 300 $a viii, 303 pages : $b illustrations, portraits (black and white) ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a American business, politics, and society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-288) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. Reformers and fighters: employers and the labor problem -- Part I. Nation. Fighting "union dictation": birth of the open-shop movement -- "For the protection of the common people": citizens, progressives, and "free workers" -- Part II. Region. A tale of two men: class traitors and strikebreaking in Cleveland -- Avenging McKinley: organized employers in Buffalo -- Making the "city of prosperity": the poetry of industrial harmony in Worcester -- "A solid south for the open shop": N.F. Thompson and the labor solution -- Conclusion. Creating the "common good": individual rights, industrial progress, and virtuous citizenship. 520 $a "Historians have characterized the open-shop movement of the early twentieth century as a cynical attempt by business to undercut the labor movement by twisting the American ideals of independence and self-sufficiency to their own ends. The precursors to today's right-to-work movement, advocates of the open shop in the Progressive Era argued that honest workers should have the right to choose whether or not to join a union free from all pressure. At the same time, business owners systematically prevented unionization in their workplaces. While most scholars portray union opponents as knee-jerk conservatives, Chad Pearson demonstrates that many open-shop proponents identified themselves as progressive reformers and benevolent guardians of America's economic and political institutions. By exploring the ways in which employers and their allies in journalism, law, politics, and religion drew attention to the reformist, rather than repressive, character of the open-shop movement, Pearson's book forces us to consider the origins, character, and limitations of this movement in new ways. Throughout his study, Pearson describes class tensions, noting that open-shop campaigns primarily benefited management and the nation's most economically privileged members at the expense of ordinary people. Pearson's analysis of archives, trade journals, newspapers, speeches, and other primary sources elucidates the mentalities of his subjects and their times, rediscovering forgotten leaders and offering fresh perspectives on well-known figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, Booker T. Washington and George Creel. Reform or Repression sheds light on businessmen who viewed strong urban-based employers' and citizens' associations, weak unions, and managerial benevolence as the key to their own, as well as the nation's, progress and prosperity." -- Publisher's description 650 0 $a Open and closed shop $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Labor unions $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Employers' associations $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Industrial relations $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Case studies. 650 7 $a Employers' associations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909305 650 7 $a Industrial relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00971609 650 7 $a Labor unions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990260 650 7 $a Open and closed shop. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01046058 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a American business, politics, and society. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171222060959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E216FCA8ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search