Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 27 No. 3 1913
The Dominance of the National Union in American Labor Organization
Abstract
The forms of trade-union grouping, 455. — Varying inter-relations of these forms in different periods, 456. — Dominance of the national union since 1897, 458. — I. Control over the local unions, 458. — Increase both in degree and extent, 459. — II. Control over the American Federation of Labor, 461. — Attempts to weaken this control, 464. — III. Control over the city federations, 465. — Rules regulating their composition, 469. — Rules regulating their activities, 471. — IV. Control over trades councils, 474. — Illustrated by building trades councils, 475. — Development of Building Trades Department, 476. — Rules regulating the activities of local councils, 476. — Inability of the Department to enforce its rules, 479.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1883373
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 455
- Sources
- openalex crossref