{"product_id":"politics-of-us-labor-9780853455707","title":"Politics of US Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe alliance of the industrial labor movement  with the Democratic Party under Franklin D. Roosevelt has, perhaps more  than any other factor, shaped the course of class relations in the  United States over the ensuing forty years. Much has been written on the  interests that were thereby served, and those that were coopted. In  this detailed examination of the strategies pursued by both radical  labor and the capitalist class in the struggle for industrial unionism,  David Milton argues that while radical social change and independent  political action were traded off by the industrial working class for  economic rights, this was neither automatic nor inevitable. Rather, the  outcome was the result of a fierce struggle in which capital fought  labor and both fought for control over government labor policy. And, as  he demonstrates, crucial to the outcome was the specific nature of the  political coalitions contending for supremacy.   In analyzing the  politics of this struggle, Milton presents a fine description of the  major strikes, beginning in 1933-1934, that led to the formation of the  CIO and the great industrial unions. He looks closely at the role of the  radical political groups, including the Communist Party, the  Trotskyists, and the Socialist Party, and provides an enlightening  discussion of their vulnerability during the red-baiting era. He also  examines the battle between the AFL and the CIO for control of the labor  movement, the alliance of the AFL with business interests, and the role  of the Catholic Church. Finally, he shows how the extraordinary  adeptness of President Roosevelt in allying with labor while at the same  time exploiting divisions within the movement was essential to the  successful channeling of social revolt into economic demands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Milton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273434476795,"sku":"9780853455707","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ea2d5bc7-c755-4f3d-9556-fc6036d8415f.jpg?v=1771016957","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/politics-of-us-labor-9780853455707","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}