Description

“This collection of nine original essays (including a memoir and oral history reminiscence) seeks to examine the historical experiences of the Communist-led unions expelled from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1949-1950. What, asks the volume editor, were their accomplishments, and what were the long-term consequences of the expulsions and demise of these organizations, both for the American labor movement and post-WW II American society?” (Choice)