Duquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism

by James D. Rose

Dismissed as a flimsy front for management interests, industrial unions nonetheless carved out a role in the Carnegie Steel Company empire and then at U.S. Steel. James D. Rose examines the pivotal role played by these company-sponsored employee representation plans (ERPs) at the legendary steel works in Duquesne, Pennsylvania.

As Rose reveals, ERPs matured from tools of the company into worker-led organizations that represented the interests...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252026608
• ISBN13: 9780252026607
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"