{"product_id":"the-bosses-union-vilja-hulden-9780252086922","title":"The Bosses' Union: How Employers Organized to Fight Labor Before the New Deal","description":"At the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like a promising avenue to stability. But both employers and many middle-class observers remained wary of unions exercising independent power. \u003cp\u003eVilja Hulden reveals how this tension provided the opening for pro-business organizations to shift public attention from concerns about inequality and dangerous working conditions to a belief that unions trampled on an individual's right to work. Inventing the term \u003ci\u003eclosed shop\u003c\/i\u003e, employers mounted what they called an \u003ci\u003eopen-shop\u003c\/i\u003e campaign to undermine union demands that workers at unionized workplaces join the union. Employer organizations lobbied Congress to resist labor's proposals as tyrannical, brought court cases to taint labor's tactics as illegal, and influenced newspaper coverage of unions. While employers were not a monolith nor all-powerful, they generally agreed that unions were a nuisance. Employers successfully leveraged money and connections to create perceptions of organized labor that still echo in our discussions of worker rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vilja Hulden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252086929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252086922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.06w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023","brand":"Vilja Hulden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070627213567,"sku":"9780252086922","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_625847fb-a04b-4ec3-961a-442654723197.jpg?v=1685431421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bosses-union-vilja-hulden-9780252086922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}