![]() Those who look for a critical perspective on the U.S. This narrow institutional history is fundamentally an apology for the labor bureaucracy of the CIO, particularly Sidney Hillman, Philip Murray and above all Walter Reuther. ![]() With a masterful command of the archives of the CIO, its affiliated International unions, and government agencies, as well as the large secondary history in this field, Zieger has produced a very readable and comprehensive institutional history dealing with all the major events, personalities and issues.Īt the same time, for the field of labor history, Zieger’s CIO represents a conservative turn both in form and content. Zieger’s work will be for many years the standard work and definitive history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. ZIEGER’S The CIO: 1935-1955 will take its place on the labor history shelves next to Philip Taft’s history of the American Federation of Labor, and near the works of John R. ![]() Review: The CIO 1935-1955 | Solidarity Review: The CIO 1935-1955 - Dan La Botz The CIO: 1935-1955Ĭhapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995, ![]()
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