Duquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism
Rose, James D.
Focusing on the steel works at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, James D. Rose demonstrates the pivotal role played by a nonunion form of employee representation usually dismissed as a flimsy front for management interests.The early New Deal set in motion two versions of workplace representation that battled for supremacy: company-sponsored employee representation plans (ERPs) and independent trade unionism. At Duquesne, the cause of the unskilled, hour...