M5. Labor Movement from Late 1940s to 2000
Please respond to the following questions:
What do you believe were the major causes of organized labor’s decline in the post-World War II years?
How important was the development of modern management in the post-World War II years?
5. Overview
Topic Overview
In this module we will discuss the development of the labor movement and the workplace after World War II to the end of the
twentieth-century.
Module Objectives
This module will discuss the following themes:
The effects of Vietnam on working people;
Labor and the Cold War;
The development of the post-war corporation and its impact on workers;
Consumerism;
Workers in popular culture;
The loss of American manuacturing jobs;
Increases in public sector employment and the rise of public sector unionization;
The effect government social programs in the 1960s and 1970s on workers, and the impact of the Reagan era on working people, and
The decline of the labor movement.
Readings/Preparation
Foster Rhea Dulles and Melvyn Dubofsky Labor in America A History Eighth Edtion 2010, chapters 19 to 21. pages 325-364
Jefferson Cowie 2010 Stayin Alive The 1970s and the last days of the woking class, Introduction, Chapter 1 pages 24-74, Chapter 4
pages 168-209 , Chapter 7 pages 314-356.
Jonathan Rees and Johnathan Pollack The Vovise of the People 2004, pages 185 to 224.
Learning Activities
You will be asked to write a review of a labor-themed film.
Discussions
We will discuss labor movements from the late 1940s to 2000.
Due Dates
To view the due dates for this module, click on the Course Schedule.
Image : Poster showing head-and-shoulders of woman operating a machine as part of World War II production effort. It reads “”I’ve
found the job where I fit best!” find your war job in industry, agriculture, business.” Washington, D.C. : Office of War Information,
1943. Library of Congress Photograph and Prints. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90707072/.
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