Running the Rails : : Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry / / James Wolfinger.
Philadelphia exploded in violence in 1910. The general strike that year was a notable point, but not a unique one, in a generations-long history of conflict between the workers and management at one of the nation's largest privately owned transit systems. In Running the Rails, James Wolfinger u...
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Wolfinger, James, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Running the Rails : Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry / James Wolfinger. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (304 p.) : 13 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Capital and the Shifting Nature of Social Control -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Working on the Line -- 3. Time of Troubles -- 4. The Age of Thomas Mitten -- 5. Hard Times and a Hate Strike -- 6. Labor Relations and Public Relations -- 7. National City Lines and the Imperatives of Postwar Capitalism -- Advances Hard Won and Well Deserved -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Philadelphia exploded in violence in 1910. The general strike that year was a notable point, but not a unique one, in a generations-long history of conflict between the workers and management at one of the nation's largest privately owned transit systems. In Running the Rails, James Wolfinger uses the history of Philadelphia's sprawling public transportation system to explore how labor relations shifted from the 1880s to the 1960s. As transit workers adapted to fast-paced technological innovation to keep the city's people and commerce on the move, management sought to limit its employees' rights. Raw violence, welfare capitalism, race-baiting, and smear campaigns against unions were among the strategies managers used to control the company's labor force and enhance corporate profits, often at the expense of the workers' and the city's well-being.Public service workers and their unions come under frequent attack for being a "special interest" or a hindrance to the smooth functioning of society. This book offers readers a different, historically grounded way of thinking about the people who keep their cities running. Working in public transit is a difficult job now, as it was a century ago. The benefits and decent wages Philadelphia public transit workers secured-advances that were hard-won and well deserved-came as a result of fighting for decades against their exploitation. Given capital's great power in American society and management's enduring quest to control its workforce, it is remarkable to see how much Philadelphia's transit workers achieved. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Industrial relations Pennsylvania Philadelphia History. Local transit Pennsylvania Philadelphia History. U.S. History. Urban Studies. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110667493 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 9783110485103 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2016 9783110485189 ZDB-23-DEG print 9781501702402 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501704239 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501704239 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501704239/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Capital and the Shifting Nature of Social Control -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Working on the Line -- 3. Time of Troubles -- 4. The Age of Thomas Mitten -- 5. Hard Times and a Hate Strike -- 6. Labor Relations and Public Relations -- 7. National City Lines and the Imperatives of Postwar Capitalism -- Advances Hard Won and Well Deserved -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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