Union Brotherhood, Union Town: The History of the Carpenters' Union of Chicago, 1863-1987

by Thomas J. Suhrbur and Richard Schneirov

By their thorough examination of 120 years of carpenter unions in Chicago, Schneirov and Suhrbur add depth and detail to existing studies on building trades unions. With an effective balance of analysis and interpretation, the authors examine labor unions within the larger social order in which they existed. They go beyond a history of collective bargaining to define the interplay between union development, technological innovation, the changing balance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809313537
• ISBN13: 9780809313532
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"