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Rethinking the American Labor Movement tells the story of the various groups and incidents that make up what we think of as the 'labor movement, ' and shows that these efforts are political in nature and form a social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life.

Rethinking the American Labor Movement tells the story of the various groups and incidents that make up what we think of as the 'labor movement, ' and shows that these efforts are political in nature and form a social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life.

Eva McDonald Valesh was one of the Progressive Era's foremost labor publicists. Challenging the narrow confines placed on women, Valesh became a successful investigative journalist, organizer, and public speaker for labor reform.Valesh was a compatriot of the labor leaders of her day and the "right-hand man" of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Events she covered during her colorful, unconventional reporting career...

Elizabeth Faue traces the transformation of the American labor movement from community forms of solidarity to bureaucratic unionism. Arguing that gender is central to understanding this shift, Faue explores women's involvement in labor and political organizations and the role of gender and family ideology in shaping unionism in the twentieth century. Her study of Minneapolis, the site of the important 1934 trucking strike, has broad implicatio...