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Presents a comparative examination of NYC and London's dockworkers rank-and-file union members movements to successfully challenged union hierarchy and nation-states. This work examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage, showing how issues of race, organized crime, and union affiliation, shaped waterfront uprisings.

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"In exploring the nature and content of the immediate postwar revolts against the limits on dockworkers in London and New York, Davis has written an enlightening study of their politics and the impact of their struggle."--Business History Review
"This book is a superb comparative study of the successes and failures of insurgent labor, and a tribute to the courage and determination of a militant rank and file. It is a timely reminder that the fight for democracy and human dignity is a constant struggle, both on the job and in everyday life."--Labor Studies Journal

Waterfront Revolts New York and London

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/10/2003
      ISBN13: 9780252028786, 978-0252028786
      ISBN10: 0252028783

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a comparative examination of NYC and London's dockworkers rank-and-file union members movements to successfully challenged union hierarchy and nation-states. This work examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage, showing how issues of race, organized crime, and union affiliation, shaped waterfront uprisings.

      Trade Review
      "In exploring the nature and content of the immediate postwar revolts against the limits on dockworkers in London and New York, Davis has written an enlightening study of their politics and the impact of their struggle."--Business History Review
      "This book is a superb comparative study of the successes and failures of insurgent labor, and a tribute to the courage and determination of a militant rank and file. It is a timely reminder that the fight for democracy and human dignity is a constant struggle, both on the job and in everyday life."--Labor Studies Journal

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