In Transit: The Transport Workers Union in New York City, 1933-1966

by Joshua B. Freeman

Book Overview

This history of New York transit workers from the Great Depression to the monumental 1966 transit strike, shows how, through collective action, the men and women who operated the world's largest transit system brought about a virtual revolution in their daily lives. Detailed descriptions of both transit work and transit workers, and a full account of the formation and development of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) provide new insight into the nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195045114
• ISBN13: 9780195045116
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Great labor history....

This history of a small, but influential transport union is the best work of its kind. It serves as a model for others to follow in making a critical judgement of the rise of transportation unionism, municipal unions and New York City organized labor