Rise of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles

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Univ of California Press, 2022 M09 23 - 548 pages
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Contents

Antecedents of the Labor Movement
1
Labor Ventures into Politics
13
Genesis of the Labor Movement 1 The Printers Lead the
32
Other Crafts Organize
42
The First Trades Council
47
The Noble Order
53
CHAPTER
58
Union against the Chinese
60
Upheaval on the Labor Front
331
PAGE 1
366
13
387
Reactions and Aftermath
407
32
417
City of the Open Shop
420
47
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Labor Grows with Los Angeles
68
Trouble on the Water Front
81
Aftermath of the Boom
88
The Big Strike
104
Strength through Unity
123
The Political Dilemma of the Early 1890s
142
On to Washington
154
The Pullman Strike
159
Progress and Decline
172
Reawakening of the Labor Movement
195
Labor and Socialism
218
The Rising Tide of Conflict XVIII Labors Counteroffensive 1 The Quest for Union Recognition
237
New Offensive against the Times
247
Beginning of the Openshop Fight
256
The Davenport Recall
281
The Labor Temple
287
The Los Angeles Examiner 2 Reorganization of the Central Body
330
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