The Ordeal of the Jungle: Race and the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1903-1922

by David Bates

Between 1910 and 1920, the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) inaugurated a massive organizing drive in the city's meatpacking and steel industries. Although the CFL sought legitimately progressive goals, worked earnestly to organize an interracial union, and made major inroads among both black and white workers, their efforts resulted in a bitter defeat. David Bates provides a clear picture of how even the most progressive of intentions can be ground...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809337444
• ISBN13: 9780809337446
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"