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Eisenhower & Landrum-Griffin : a study in labor-management politics / R. Alton Lee

Author
Lee, R. Alton
Published
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1990]
Copyright Date
©1990
Physical Description
1 online resource (218 pages)
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Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Unions and the Democrats; 2 Unions and the Republicans; 3 Enter Mr. Beck ... and Mr. Hoffa; 4 Senator Kennedy Writes a Bill; 5 Senator Kennedy Tries Again; 6 The Two Sides Gird for Battle; 7 The Forces Engage; 8 The Impact of the Law; 9 Some Assessments; Notes; Index.
Summary
During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the federal government's pro-labor policies, mounted a campaign to curb labor's power. With the support of the business-oriented administration of Dwight Eisenhower, they pushed through Congress a new ""reform"" law -- the Landrum-Griffin Act. In this book, R. Alton Lee, author of an earlier study of the Taft-Hartley law.
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ISBN
9780813159249 (electronic bk.)
0813159245 (electronic bk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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